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Technical Report 
Medicare Unique Physician Identification Number Supplement, 2005 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
2005 
Health Care Finance Administration Office of Management and Budget 
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"The directory contains a supplemental listing of all physicians' nurse practitioners' (NP), clinical nurse specialists' (CNS), certified nurse midwives' (CNM), and physician assistants' (PA), UPIN records added to the Physician Registry from July 2003 to July 2005. If you would like to obtain previously printed copies, contact the Medicare carrier in your state (or the state you need). The United States Congress authorized both the unique numbering of physicians and the publication of this directory. Section 9202 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a unique identifier for each physician. CMS developed the six-place alpha numeric UPIN, which was assigned to all physicians whether in solo or group practice. Section 4164 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 required CMS to publish a directory of UPINs. Medicare defines physician as: medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, dental medicine and dental surgery, optometry, podiatry, and chiropractic." 
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