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The NPI has replaced the unique provider identification number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers, including commercial healthcare insurers.
In addition, the inspector general's report found that for at least 61% of the services that were processed with a surrogate UPIN, ordering physicians already had permanent UPINs at the time services were provided. Surrogate numbers should not be used if the ordering physician has a permanent UPIN, the report said.