Commerce is best known for its enormous industrial and retail footprint — the Citadel Outlets, the Commerce Casino, and mile after mile of warehouses along the rail lines and the 5 and 710 freeways — but it is also a genuine residential city with tight-knit neighborhoods tucked between the industry. It is a predominantly Latino, working-class community, and with a senior share around 13% and a diabetes rate near 12%, our clinicians see a steady mix of diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, and pressure injuries here. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners see patients across the residential pockets of the city: the Rosewood Park and Veterans Park neighborhoods, the homes near Bandini Boulevard and Rosebud Avenue, the streets off Washington Boulevard, and the area around Bristow Park. Commerce residents are surrounded by industry and hemmed in by freeways, and for an older patient with a chronic leg wound or a diabetic ulcer, the drive to an outpatient wound clinic — through that same freight traffic — is exactly the barrier that lets a wound stall between visits. We replace that trip with a clinician at the front door. Commerce does not have a hospital within its borders. Patients are typically discharged from East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, or Los Angeles General Medical Center. We coordinate with the discharge planning teams at each so a patient going home with a post-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. Many Commerce households are Spanish-speaking, and our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so dressing-change steps, offloading 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.