Imperial Beach is the southernmost beach city in California, a small, tight-knit community of about 26,000 sitting right on the U.S.-Mexico border between the Pacific and San Diego Bay, bounded by the Tijuana River estuary to the south and the Silver Strand toward Coronado to the north. It's a working-class, largely Latino coastal town where diabetes prevalence runs above the county average, and the wounds our clinicians treat most here are diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, pressure injuries, and stalled post-surgical incisions. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners cover the whole city — the beachfront blocks along Seacoast Drive and the pier, the downtown core, the inland Palm City neighborhood along the eastern edge, the Bayside area near San Diego Bay, and the homes running toward the Coronado Cays border. Imperial Beach's geography is genuinely peripheral: tucked into the far southwest corner of the county, its residents face a real cross-county drive to any specialty wound clinic, most of them up in the central San Diego or Chula Vista area. For a patient who is supposed to keep weight off a diabetic foot or a leg elevated, that repeated trip out of the far South Bay is exactly the barrier that lets a wound worsen between visits. Many Imperial Beach households are Spanish-speaking, reflecting the city's border-community character. Our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so offloading instructions, dressing-change steps, and the warning signs of infection are fully understood by the patient and by the family members providing daily care — clear communication is central to diabetic limb preservation. Imperial Beach has no hospital of its own, so its patients discharge from Scripps Mercy Chula Vista, Sharp Chula Vista, or Paradise Valley in National City. We coordinate with discharge planning at each so patients leaving with an open wound transition to physician-led home care without a gap. Wound measurements, photographs, and encounter notes go back to the discharging team and the primary care physician after every visit. 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 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.