2. Equipment presumptively nonmedical. Equipment which is primarily and customarily used for a nonmedical purpose may not be considered âmedicalâ equipment for program payment even though the item has some remote medically related use.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.
By Carol Eustice - Reviewed by a board-certified physician. A physiatrist, also called a rehabilitation physician, is a medical doctor (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) who is certified as a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation.