Overview
Dr. James Randall Austin is a board-certified physician and the founding medical provider of Rapid Care Family Medical, where he delivers comprehensive, patient-centered primary and urgent care to individuals and families across all stages of life.
With a strong foundation in family medicine and internal medicine, Dr. Austin is known for his thoughtful, thorough approach to care—listening carefully to patients, addressing root causes of illness, and creating clear, individualized treatment plans. His clinical interests include preventive medicine, chronic disease management, acute illness care, and evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders.
Dr. Austin believes in building long-term relationships with his patients and emphasizes accessibility, compassion, and continuity of care. He is especially committed to serving rural and underserved communities by providing high-quality medical care in a welcoming, efficient clinical setting.
As the medical lead at Rapid Care Family Medical, Dr. Austin works closely with a multidisciplinary care team to ensure patients receive timely, respectful, and comprehensive healthcare. His practice philosophy centers on treating the whole person—mind, body, and circumstances—not just symptoms.
Trusted family medicine with a focus on compassionate, practical, whole-person care.
Dr. Austin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Opioid Use Disorder, Obesity, Chronic Pain, and Hypertension.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER MEDICARE
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- MEDICARE DISCOUNT CARD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER MEDICARE
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
9511 Us Hwy 431, Albertville, AL 35950
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Austin has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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Robert Hargraves is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Boaz, Alabama. Dr. Hargraves is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Acute Kidney Failure, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Endoscopy, and Hip Replacement. Dr. Hargraves is currently accepting new patients.
St Clair Eye PLLC
Rutwij Jotani is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Pell City, Alabama. Dr. Jotani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Atypical Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Endoscopy.
Pricare PA
John James is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Alexander City, Alabama. Dr. James is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, and Dementia.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Opioid Use DisorderDr. Austin isDistinguished. Learn about Opioid Use Disorder.
- Advanced
- ObesityDr. Austin isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity.
- Experienced
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Atypical PneumoniaDr. Austin isExperienced. Learn about Atypical Pneumonia.
- CellulitisDr. Austin isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Chronic PainDr. Austin isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Pain.
- Diabetic NeuropathyDr. Austin isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Neuropathy.