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    My husband and I LOVE Panacea Family Medicine! Dr. Kealan and Dr. Shane really listen to our…read moreconcerns and have provided wonderful medical to us for years. The office staff is also fabulous. Payment and insurance questions are handled very quickly and professionally. The nurses that take your vitals and the phlebotomists that draw your blood are also caring and compassionate. If you are loooking for a family practice in Madison I HIGHLY recommend Panacea Family Medicine!

    Yikes. Was to have a new patient appointment at this office and I'm on Medicare with a supplement…read morethat pays balance so confirmed in advance that they are in network and was told yes. I get there and they have printed papers all over the walls and front with information about how you need to pay upfront basically. So I go to the window to talk to the girl and ask some questions about it and she very rudely tells me that yes I do need to pay and then they put a credit on my account if they receive any money, So why would I wanna do that when my care is paid for in full I ask her I don't need an account credit. She didn't seem able to explain it other than all insurance is different so that's how we do it. You have to pay upfront. I was an insurance agent before I retired so my take on this is that they are not an in network provider for Medicare and they charge outside of Medicare approved amounts therefore they make you pay upfront. I have absolutely no problem with this as a business can do as they please however I should not have been told that they were in network and took my insurance. I left without the appointment... I wasted time and money driving there that I could've spent getting another Doctor that's in network..

    Joshi Rupen, MD

    Joshi Rupen, MD

    5.0(1 review)
    1.1 mi

    Amazing doctor!! This was my first visit to Dr. Joshi and I will be making him my primary…read morephysician now. I just moved to the area and was shopping around for a new doctor. I had three bad experiences with other doctor before I came to see Dr. Joshi today. I knew this kind of doctor was out there and I finally found him. He listened attentively to all of my concerns, had a very kind and gentle bedside manner, and I found him to be incredibly knowledgable and aware of how some medical situations can be complicated. I really appreciate how nice the receptionist was and the office staff seemed super organized. The nurse was very nice, too. I was taken back right away for triage with the nurse and the doctor came to see me just moments after the nurse left. So what I am trying to say is that I am extremely pleased with the medical and customer service that I received at my appointment today.

    From the owner: Dr. Rupen Joshi is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician with more than 10 years of medical…read moreexperience in Adult Primary Care and Geriatrics. The areas of expertise are Diabetes, Hypertension, High Cholesterol and Heart, Lung and Thyroid Disorders. He has admitting priviledges at both Crestwood Medical Center and Huntsville Hospital. He has been practicing medicine in Huntsville, AL since 2005. Dr. Joshi completed his residency training from New York Methodist Hospital-Cornell and has worked in the VA Medical Center in Montgomery for 5 years with adult and geriatric patients. He received an employee recognition award from the Chief of Staff at the VA Medical Center for giving excellent patient care. Dr. Joshi also worked as a research associate at the LAC-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Joshi keeps up with all the latest medical technology in order to provide the best patient care. He continually reads medical journals and studies to stay abreast of findings in the industry. Dr. Joshi believes above all that a physician must be a good listener if he is to help his patients. He believes that many patients problems can be resolved just by listening and asking the right questions. He also believes that a good physician must have the latest knowledge of medicine and technology, and most of all, a good physician should have a compassionate heart so that he/she may deliver the best patient care possible.

    Judy P. Rawls, MD - Dr. Judy P. Rawls

    Judy P. Rawls, MD

    1.0(2 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    I used Dr. Judy P. Rawls as a General Practitioner for 20 years and I recently moved my business to…read moresomeone else. I am a professional, respectful, and low-maintenance patient. Today, I am a 48 year old female. I was recently blind-sided by perimenopause & I realized I should have left her practice many years ago. At least since I was 40, I've asked other CRNP's at Rawls' practice to conduct testing to determine how are my hormones. I am not in the medical field, but I know that there's *got* to be some kind of diagnostic testing to determine women's health. And since I was 40, I have been dismissed by the CRNP's and nurses at her practice with 'you have a period - you're fine' and an accompanying long blink and head shake. (Note: Just b/c a woman has a regular period doesn't mean she's not in perimenopause or menopause.) At some point, her office did start performing regular blood work to check my cholesterol and thyroid and, according to their tests, I was within the 'normal' range. After I shared this test data with my new GP, he just looked at it, shook his head, and said that he & I were "starting all over." The testing she performed over the years was inadequate. According to my new GP, there are a few different thyroid tests that can be conducted to determine someone's health. In my case, I'm looking at perimenopause and how to manage those symptoms. You can imagine my surprise when I woke up one day with acute symptoms when, all along, my then-GP (Rawls) had been telling me **for years** 'you have a period - you're fine.' Absolutely no other input from anyone in her office, no discussion, nothing. At least my GYN told me I was perimenopausal prior to this discovery but that was based solely on my age. Rawls performed little to no baseline testing on me to share with my GYN or me. Rawls' office has repeatedly dismissed my requests for testing of any sort for perimenopause for many years. I guess what baffles me the most about this is that Rawls' office is nothing but females. One would think that female care providers would advocate for their female patients. That was not my experience with Rawls' practice. It was the complete opposite. And, oddly enough, my new GP is a male who has expressed more interest and concern than anyone at Rawls' practice ever did. I recently gave him about 5 or 6 vials of blood (in one sitting) to conduct testing. I think for my annual testing in Rawls' office I gave 1 or 2 vials, once a year. And it's not that my insurance won't cover the testing. If that were the case then why can my new GP conduct testing but Rawls' office "couldn't?" I did ask Rawls' receptionist about more extensive testing and was instructed to reach out to the lab to find out if insurance would cover it. I reached out but no one ever replied to me. I did recently call and speak with the receptionist (Stacey) about this stuff. While Stacey was nice, she did try to gaslight me into thinking that, unless I ask for care and unless I'm displaying symptoms, then basically they it's not their fault if I don't get the care that I deserve. What Stacey (and everyone else at this practice) didn't and doesn't realize is that I've been asking for this for at least 8 years, now. And for 8 years they've been dismissing my requests. I didn't even bring this to Stacey's attention or the fact that their lab never reached back out to me because I didn't feel like arguing. I just wanted to try to glean whatever useful information I could from her before kicking this practice to the curb. The best piece of advice that Stacey gave me was to read the book "The New PeriMenopause" by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. That was the best piece of advice I ever received from this practice. I've had several other negative experiences at her office over the years. Once, I was terribly sick with salmonella poisoning and my daughter, who was maybe one year old at the time, had an ear infection. Both cases, at the same time. This was around 9 years ago. I had to get my elderly mother to drive both of us to Rawls' office. My daughter and I were seen by Jennifer, but Jennifer openly refused to care for my daughter by saying, "I don't care for babies." I did not have the energy to take my daughter to the pediatrician and I was hoping (and praying) that we could, both, be seen by someone at Rawls' office. Jennifer gave me medicine for salmonella poisoning but she refused to care for my daughter. Rawls' website (thefamilypracticeofmadison) advertises that her office sees babies to elderly - this was not my experience. I never took my daughter back to her practice, ever again. Another time, I saw Rawls herself after I'd been in a bad car accident. This was around 10 years ago. Luckily, I wasn't injured but the accident was a serious roll-over. I went to the emergency room and had x-rays done of my head & neck. (Continued but no more room here)

    My wife and I are new to the area and after much research we selected Dr. Rawls as a candidate for…read morebeing our new family practitioner. Some background...I am a former US Army Green Beret, injured 30 years ago in a free fall parachute accident on active duty. I spent four months in the hospital, and ultimately got out with a medical retirement. I had some bad experiences in the VA system, and for the past 20 years have used private medicine for primary care. I take, among other things, a narcotic for pain from my accident. I had my thyroid removed in 2014 and suffer from PTSD, for which I take an anti depressant. Dr Rawls entered the examination room, and without many pleasantries proceeded to tell me she was not going to treat me for chronic pain with the "high dose narcotic" I was taking, but she would refer me to a pain management specialist. She questioned the dosage of thyroid meds I'm taking, and I told her I didn't have a thyroid any longer, it'd been removed about 2 years previously. Dr Rawls then asked when the last time I had blood work done and was my previous doctor okay with me taking such a "high dose". We had taken the time to have our medical records forwarded from our previous care providers, and I was honestly surprised because she said she had reviewed our records prior to coming into the room. I should tell you that in addition to having been a Special Forces soldier I am also an senior executive at a local company. My wife and I were both well dressed and happy to meet Dr Rawls after reading so many positive reviews. I had already decided we were making a mistake by coming to see Dr Rawls, when she started asking my wife about the medicine our previous doctor had prescribed for menopause, and I'd had enough of the inquisition. I know many people love and respect her, but obviously we made a poor impression on Dr Judy Rawls. I honestly feel like she was already convinced we were hard core drug addicts when she walked in the room. Nothing could be further from the truth. Maybe we just weren't meant to be her patients. I would like to give a shout out to nurse Kimberly, who was delightful and very friendly. It's only my goal to make everyone aware of what WE experienced. I'm hopeful no one else has the same experience with Dr Rawls as we did.

    Bright Starts Pediatrics - physicians - Updated May 2026

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