The NPI fulfills a requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It also replaces all provider identifier numbers assigned by payers and is used by health care professionals.
Philistine, one of a people of Aegean origin who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century bce, about the time of the arrival of the Israelites.
Philoctetes (better known as Phil) is an old Satyr (half-man, half-goat), who appears as the tritagonist in Disney's 1997 animated feature film, Hercules. Phil is likely based on the satyr Pan, half-man, and half-goat. He has two goat-like horns on his head, a beard, and a round red nose, and he is also bald and short. Although he has a big heart, Phil can be annoyed easily. He dislikes and becomes angry at others who ignore him or refuse to grant him respect.