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.
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.