Avalon is the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island, a compact seaside village of hillside homes, golf-cart streets, and a waterfront crowned by the iconic Casino building — reachable from the mainland only by boat or helicopter. That isolation defines everything about health care here. With a resident population of only a few thousand and a senior share around 16%, Avalon's older residents managing chronic wounds face a challenge no mainland city does: the nearest large hospitals are an hour's ferry ride across the channel. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners provide wound care throughout the village and the hills above it: the neighborhoods around Crescent Avenue and the waterfront, the hillside homes above Avalon Bay, the streets up Tremont and toward Falls Canyon, and the residential areas near Descanso Canyon and Casino Point. For an Avalon resident with a diabetic foot ulcer, a venous leg ulcer, or a post-surgical wound, a routine trip to a mainland wound clinic means a ferry, a mainland drive, and most of a day gone — which is precisely why so many wounds here go under-treated. Home-based care on the island removes that impossible logistics chain. Avalon is served by the small Catalina Island Medical Center, which provides emergency and basic care, but complex cases are often transferred to the mainland — commonly to Long Beach Medical Center (MemorialCare) or Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro. We coordinate with the discharge planning teams at these facilities so a resident returning to the island with a surgical wound, a pressure injury, or a diabetic ulcer transitions to physician-led care at home without a gap. Wound measurements, photographs, and encounter notes go back to the discharging team and the patient's primary care physician after every visit. Avalon has a meaningful Spanish-speaking community among its year-round residents, and our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so dressing-change steps, wound care instructions, and infection warning signs are understood by the patient and family. Visits are typically covered under Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, and most commercial plans. Our coordination line at 877-545-1300 is open 24/7. Call to arrange an assessment.
Call 877-545-1300 or request a provider to begin care. Healix360 serves Southern California and Nevada and accepts Medicare Part B and most major insurance plans.