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A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
Abraham Placzek (1799–1884), Moravian rabbi; Adrianna Płaczek (born 1993), Polish handball player; Baruch Placzek (1834–1922), Moravian rabbi and writer; George Placzek (1905–1955), Czech physicist; Joyce Placzek (1901–1953), English writer under name of Jan Struther; Marysia Placzek (born 1960), British neuroscientist
A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
In 1939, upon retiring, Placzek moved to America to escape Nazi persecution where he devoted much of his time to studying and lecturing. He is the author of numerous books on human sexuality, achieving a wide reputation in the field as the author of The Sex Life of Man, a textbook for the medical and legal professions. His other published works ...
A unique physician identification number (UPIN) was a six-character alpha-numeric identifier used by Medicare to identify doctors in the United States.They were discontinued in June 2007 [1] and replaced by National Provider Identifier, or NPI numbers.
The first line of treatment for hypertension is lifestyle changes, including dietary changes, physical exercise, and weight loss. Although these have all been recommended in scientific advisories, [7] a Cochrane systematic review of available relevant studies found that although weigh-loss diets did reduce body weight and blood pressure, beneficial effects of those changes could not be ...
Placek may be either a Polish language surname or a rendering of the Czech-language surname Plaček without diacritics.. Surnames Placek or Plaček (Czech feminine: Plačková) may refer to:
Placzek was born on September 26, 1905 into a wealthy Jewish family in Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic), the grandson of Chief Rabbi Baruch Placzek. [3] [4] He studied physics in Prague and Vienna. [5] The scope of Placzek's trajectory around the world's physics centres in the 1930s was unique among his colleagues.