Practice Information

Dr. Hwang sees patients ages 14 and up.  She provides primary care including complete physical exams/preventive health care, in-person and telemedicine care to manage acute and  chronic medical conditions, and coordination of care with specialists.  She communicates with patients promptly via phone and electronic portal.   Blood draws, certain immunizations/injections, EKG, and certain lab tests (urine, strep, flu, COVID-19) are offered in-house. 

True Physician Care is a fee-for-service practice, meaning Dr. Hwang does not contract with insurance or with Medicare for payment.  This allows Dr. Hwang more availability and time to spend with patients and to address their individual needs.  Dr. Hwang makes every effort to have laboratory tests, radiologic studies, and when appropriate, specialty referrals, done within your insurance network.  Our office provides an invoice for medical services (in-person and televisits) which you can submit to your insurance (excluding Medicare) for potential reimbursement.

While True Physician Care is NOT a concierge or retainer-based practice, there is an annual administrative fee of $240 to partially defray the costs of running a high-service-level medical practice.

This administrative fee includes:

  • Precertifications with insurance companies, forms and letters, and medication refills.

  • Portal correspondence for clinical concerns within one month of an office or televisit as well as administrative emails.

  • Online and telephone appointment scheduling and medication refill requests.

The administrative fee is due at the beginning of January each year.  For 2026, the due date is January 31, 2026.

Medicare patients must sign our Medicare Opt-out Contract every 2 years coinciding with Dr. Hwang’s opt-out status.

True Physician Care

Limited Fee Schedule

 
 
New Patient*
Established Patient
Physical exam, age 12-17
$275
$265
Physical exam, age 18-39
$370
$345
Physical exam, age 40-64
$535
$470
Physical exam, age 65+
$675
$615
Problem-oriented visits**:
$165-440
$140-350
Venipuncture
$38
EKG
$100

*New patients are patients who have not received medical care from Dr. Hwang in the past 3 years. Age ranges above correspond to standard preventive visit codes used by insurance companies.

 

**Fees for problem-oriented visits vary based on degree of complexity; follow up visits for the same condition within a few weeks from the original visit are typically discounted; straightforward medication monitoring visits are typically discounted. (Fee schedule subject to change.)

 

January/February 2026 Announcements
For Current Patients

Our patient portal has switched from Patient Fusion to FollowMyHealth. All patients who were previously connected to the old portal were sent invitations to the new portal on December 19th. If you would like to be invited or re-invited to the new portal, you may either call our office or send an administrative request through the Contact page of this website. Please note that some features of the new portal, including Tanya’s ability to send and receive messages, are pending as our EMR continues to upgrade the new portal.  Patients will no longer be able to see old conversation threads from the old portal, but Dr. Hwang and Tanya can still view old threads in the EMR. Even if you have used FollowMyHealth with other medical practices in the past, please use the invitation you received from FollowMyHealth inviting you to “Connect to True Physician Care, LLC with FollowMyHealth” so that you can specifically locate our practice; also, open the invitation on a computer web browser as it does not always work if you try to sign up on a FollowMyHealth app which you may have previously installed onto your smartphone.
 
The invoices for the 2026 Annual Administrative Fees were sent out in mid-December.  You may use the link contained in the invoice to pay your fee electronically if you prefer to pay via credit card. We kindly ask that the fee be paid by January 31, 2026. Please reach out to Tanya if you have any questions or specific requests regarding the Admin Fee.
 
Our office will be closed on New Year’s Day. 
 
Tanya will be out of the office on Monday, January 19.
 
Dr. Hwang will be out of the office and on vacation January 27 – February 1, and from the afternoon of February 18th through February 22. Urgent medical issues will be covered by Dr. Sue Kanter. You may reach Tanya during normal business hours or reach Dr. Kanter for urgent matters after hours by calling our office phone number.  Tanya will communicate with Dr. Kanter during normal business hours.  (Note that Dr. Kanter does not check for patient messages in the Patient Fusion portal).  Dr. Hwang will continue to check for medication refills while she is away.
 
Our office will close at 3 PM on February 5 for an office party. 

Meet Our Staff

Tanya Alston, MA

Tanya Alston has been working with Dr. Hwang as a medical assistant for much of Dr. Hwang’s medical career. Patients appreciate her warm personality, professionalism, patient-centered focus and adept technical skills.