A unique physician identification number, or UPIN, is used by Medicare to identify doctors across the United States. This article refers to Medicare, a United States health insurance program UPINs are six-place alpha numeric identifiers assigned to all physicians.
The United States Congress authorized the creation of UPIN IDs through Section 9202 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, or COBRA, is a law passed by the U The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for creation of the UPIN IDs for each doctor accepting Medicare insurance. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS) previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration ( HCFA) is a federal agency within
A directory of UPINs is available from the UPIN Registry, as required by Section 4164 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.
UPINs will be discontinued in the second quarter of 2007 and will replaced by National Provider Identifier, or NPI numbers. A National Provider Identifier or NPI is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to Health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare
External links
- upin.ecare.com — online, UPIN database.
- CMS's System Of Record (SOR) page for UPIN — includes a link to detailed information published in the Federal Register
- upinregistry.com — a national registry of doctors with their UPIN id. The Federal Register (since March 14, 1936) abbreviated Fed Reg
- UPIN discontinuation notice from CMS
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