Wilmington is the harbor-industrial heart of the Los Angeles port district — a densely populated, overwhelmingly Latino, working-class community wedged between the refineries and the Port of Los Angeles, north of San Pedro and west of Long Beach. It is a young, family-centered neighborhood where diabetes runs high, and diabetic foot ulcers are by a wide margin the wound our clinicians see most often here — usually on an aging parent in a multi-generational household near Avalon Boulevard or Banning Park. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners cover all of Wilmington: the residential streets around the historic Banning Museum and park, the dense blocks along the Avalon Boulevard corridor, the East Wilmington neighborhoods, and the areas near the Wilmington Waterfront and the border with Carson. Wilmington sits at the edge of the harbor with limited nearby hospital wound care, so a clinic appointment typically means a drive to San Pedro, Torrance, or Long Beach — a real barrier for a patient who is supposed to keep weight off a diabetic foot ulcer. We remove it by bringing the physician into the home. Wilmington's patients draw hospital care from Providence Little Company of Mary in San Pedro, Harbor-UCLA in Torrance, and Long Beach Memorial to the east. We coordinate with discharge planning teams at each so a patient leaving with a surgical wound, pressure injury, or 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. Wilmington is one of the most heavily Spanish-speaking communities in Los Angeles, and our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so offloading instructions, dressing-change steps, 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 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.