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.
An addiction medicine specialist is a doctor who treats patients with addictions to substances like drugs and alcohol or, in some cases, behaviors like gambling. Many of these specialists also treat the diseases that stem from these addictions.