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.
The Phoenicians were a Semitic people who moved from the east to  settle in Lebanon and western Syria.    The name 'Phoenician' was given to them by the Greeks-deriv â¦ ed  from their word for the purple dye for which it was famous.