Archive for September, 2008

Doctor UPIN History

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

The definition of UPIN is Unique Physician Identification Number. Every Doctor who provides services for which payment is made from Medicare needs to be publicised in the directory of those numbers. I’ve looked all over and could not find the history of the Doctor UPIN Number. I think it is because it became obsolite second […]

UPIN Search

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The UPIN Search facility has now been shut down. This is a result of the government discontinuing the use of the Doctors UPIN or Physician UPIN the second quarter of 2007. Here’s the link to view the complete UPIN Search Posting for Medical Billing Info.  It has been replaced with what is called a NPI Number. The format […]