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.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word philistine. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow(noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.