Maywood is a compact, densely built city on the west bank of the Los Angeles River in the southeast LA industrial belt, one of the smallest and most crowded cities in the county at barely more than a square mile. It is an overwhelmingly Latino, immigrant, working-class community, and its diabetes rate runs around 13% — well above the state average. That is exactly why diabetic foot ulcers are the wound our clinicians treat most often here. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners see patients across the whole city: the apartment blocks and family homes along Atlantic Boulevard, the residential streets off Slauson Avenue and Heliotrope Avenue, the neighborhoods near Fishburn Avenue, and the area around Maywood Riverfront Park by the river channel. In Maywood's crowded, multi-generational households, the working-age adults are often unavailable during clinic hours, and an aging parent with a diabetic foot ulcer that must stay offloaded pays the price for every missed appointment. Bringing the physician to the home removes that barrier entirely. Maywood has no hospital of its own. Patients are usually discharged from St. Francis Medical Center in nearby Lynwood, PIH Health Downey 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. Maywood is one of the most heavily Spanish-speaking cities in California, 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 the family members providing daily care. 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.
Maywood fits roughly 25,000 residents into just over a square mile of older homes and apartment courts, and its families are working families. For an elderly parent with a diabetic foot ulcer, the logistics of getting to an outpatient clinic — a ride, parking, a long wait — are usually the reason care lapses and the wound gets worse. With a diabetes rate around 13%, the real risk of those lapses is infection and amputation. The licensed physicians and nurse practitioners who see Maywood patients bring hospital-grade care to the bedside: sharp debridement, infection surveillance, negative pressure wound therapy, multilayer compression for venous disease, advanced biological dressings, and cellular tissue products when clinically indicated. Limb preservation is the explicit goal for every diabetic foot referral. Consistency is what heals chronic wounds. Home-based visits make that consistency possible whether the patient lives in an Atlantic Boulevard apartment, a home near Maywood Riverfront Park, or a board-and-care home anywhere in the 90270 ZIP code.
Healix360 coordinates physician-led care for chronic and complex wounds across Maywood.
Our team can coordinate with hospitals, primary care clinicians, specialists, home health agencies, and facility teams serving Maywood.
Does Healix360 serve all of Maywood? Yes. Our clinicians see patients across the city — the blocks along Atlantic Boulevard, the streets off Slauson and Heliotrope Avenue, and the neighborhoods near Maywood Riverfront Park. If your address is in the 90270 ZIP code, we can see you.
Why is diabetic foot care such a focus in Maywood? Maywood's diabetes rate runs around 13%, well above the state average, so diabetic foot ulcers are our most common referral here. Limb preservation through debridement, offloading guidance, infection control, and advanced dressings is the core of what our clinicians do in the city.
Maywood doesn't have a hospital — who do you coordinate with? We accept discharge referrals from St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, PIH Health Downey Hospital, and Los Angeles General Medical Center, and we send wound measurements, photographs, and encounter notes back to the discharging team and the patient's primary care physician after each visit.
Is interpreter support available for Spanish-speaking families? Yes. Maywood is one of the most heavily Spanish-speaking cities in California. Our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so wound care instructions are fully understood by the patient and the family providing daily care.
Can you treat a wound that isn't healing after surgery? Yes. Our clinicians manage complex post-surgical wounds, including surgical site dehiscence and wounds that have stalled, using evidence-based protocols and — when indicated — negative pressure wound therapy and advanced dressings.
Is mobile wound care in Maywood covered by Medicare? Yes. Physician-led visits are typically covered under Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, and most commercial plans active in Los Angeles County. Advanced dressings and cellular tissue products are also covered when clinically indicated. We verify coverage before the first visit.
Can you see patients in Maywood assisted living and board-and-care homes? Yes. We round at assisted living communities, board-and-care homes, and skilled nursing facilities in and around Maywood, coordinating visit timing with facility staff.
What are your hours, and do I need a referral? Our coordination line at 877-545-1300 is open 24/7. You do not need a referral — a referral speeds intake, but patients and family members can call directly. We handle the medical necessity documentation and loop in the patient's primary care physician afterward.
Yes. Our clinicians see patients across the city — the blocks along Atlantic Boulevard, the streets off Slauson and Heliotrope Avenue, and the neighborhoods near Maywood Riverfront Park. If your address is in the 90270 ZIP code, we can see you.
Maywood's diabetes rate runs around 13%, well above the state average, so diabetic foot ulcers are our most common referral here. Limb preservation through debridement, offloading guidance, infection control, and advanced dressings is the core of what our clinicians do in the city.
We accept discharge referrals from St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, PIH Health Downey Hospital, and Los Angeles General Medical Center, and we send wound measurements, photographs, and encounter notes back to the discharging team and the patient's primary care physician after each visit.
Yes. Maywood is one of the most heavily Spanish-speaking cities in California. Our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so wound care instructions are fully understood by the patient and the family providing daily care.
Yes. Our clinicians manage complex post-surgical wounds, including surgical site dehiscence and wounds that have stalled, using evidence-based protocols and — when indicated — negative pressure wound therapy and advanced dressings.
Yes. Physician-led visits are typically covered under Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, and most commercial plans active in Los Angeles County. Advanced dressings and cellular tissue products are also covered when clinically indicated. We verify coverage before the first visit.
Yes. We round at assisted living communities, board-and-care homes, and skilled nursing facilities in and around Maywood, coordinating visit timing with facility staff.
Our coordination line at 877-545-1300 is open 24/7. You do not need a referral — a referral speeds intake, but patients and family members can call directly. We handle the medical necessity documentation and loop in the patient's primary care physician afterward.
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.