Signal Hill is a small city that sits — literally — on a hill entirely surrounded by Long Beach, famous for the oil derricks that still dot its slopes and for the sweeping views from Hilltop Park across the LA Basin to Catalina. It is a diverse, mixed community of established homes, newer hillside developments, and the busy Signal Hill Auto Center, and our clinicians treat the full range of chronic wounds here: post-surgical wounds, pressure injuries, venous leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and other non-healing wounds. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners see patients across the hill and its base: the hilltop neighborhoods near Hilltop Park, the residential streets off Cherry Avenue and Spring Street, the area near the Auto Center, and the blocks along Willow Street bordering Long Beach's California Heights. Signal Hill's steep grades can be a real obstacle for an older patient with a leg or foot wound, and even though Long Beach's hospitals are close by, the repeated weekly trip to an outpatient wound clinic — the drive, the parking, the wait — is exactly what causes a treatment plan to lapse. We replace that trip with a clinician at the front door. Signal Hill has no hospital within its borders but is ringed by Long Beach's major hospitals. Patients are commonly discharged from Long Beach Medical Center (MemorialCare), Community Hospital Long Beach, or St. Mary Medical Center. We coordinate with the discharge planning teams at each so a patient going home 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. Signal Hill is a diverse city with many Spanish-speaking households, 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.