Resources and Forms

New Patients

Please review and fill out the following forms PRIOR to your initial visit with us at True Physician Care, LLC.  When noted below, you may SKIP the form IF YOU COMPLETE THE ONLINE INTAKE FORM you receive at the time of electronic appointment confirmation. You may submit these forms using the link below, via fax or mail, or you may drop them off to our office.

  • Patient Registration [pdf]
  • Medical History [pdf]
  • HIPAA Privacy Policy (Read-only. Do not return) [pdf]
  • HIPAA Signature Form  [pdf]
  • Telemedicine Consent Form [pdf]
  • Credit card-on-file authorization form [pdf]
  • Medicare Opt-Out Contract (Medicare patients only) [pdf]

Current Patients

If you have new contact or insurance information after your initial visit you may update it via the ONLINE INTAKE FORM you receive at the time of electronic appointment confirmation; otherwise, please fill out an updated Patient Registration Form.  If you need to update your credit card information on file, please complete a new authorization form.  You may submit these forms using the link below or bring them to your appointment.

  • Patient Registration [pdf]
  • Credit card-on-file authorization form [pdf]
  • Request for medical records [pdf]
Click Here For Records Request Options

Fasting Blood Work

For fasting blood work, please fast for at least 6 hours prior to your appointment. You may have water, black coffee, black tea and take any medications that do not require food. If you eat something light without sugar/high fat, we may still draw your blood and interpret the results accordingly.

For patients who have afternoon appointments, you may be able to have a light breakfast and still fast for 6 hours for your blood work.
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Medical Records Requests

Your health records at True Physician Care are the property of the practice. However, as a patient you are entitled to have a copy for your records or to send to other healthcare providers.  If you would like records sent to another physician or yourself, please complete the Request for Medical Records.  Allow up to 10 business days for your request to be processed.  Your health records may also be downloaded as a PDF from the Patient Fusion portal.

Per Maryland law, the copy fee for electronic medical records will be $0.76 per page up to a maximum of $80.00 per request, plus the cost of actual postage. Requests from insurance companies, attorneys, or other physicians are subject to the same copy fee as well as a preparation fee of $22.88 and actual cost of postage.  Your records may be delivered via secure email or encrypted thumb drive.  An invoice will be sent to the person or entity requesting the records and records will be sent upon payment.  

Please note that for patients who were patients at Bethesda Physicians prior to seeing Dr. Hwang at True Physician Care, your records prior to September 30, 2022 are also being stored at Desert River Solutions until September 30, 2027.  Therefore, you have the option of requesting your medical records predating October 1, 2022 from Desert River Solutions.
 
  • requests@DesertRiverSolutions.com
  • 480-577-3150 [Telephone]
  • 520-214-0068 [Fax]

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.