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The American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) is the smallest of three multi-specialty physician/surgeon certifying entities in the United States, providing board certification to both M.D. and D.O. physicians. The AAPS has grouped its certification activities within a single subdivision called the American Board of Physician ...
The NPI is often a common denominator between various healthcare provider identifier numbers, such as CMS Certification Number [10] (CCN; formerly OSCAR number), Employer Identification Number, and PECOS Associate Control ID [11] (PAC ID). With an increasing number of publicly available datasets containing these identifiers, some organizations ...
Each French person receives at birth a national identification number, the "numéro d'inscription au répertoire" (NIR or National Repertory registration), also called a "numéro de sécurité sociale" (or Social Security number). This INSEE number is composed of 13 digits + a two-digit key.
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 Health Promotion Board (HPB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes.
A medical certificate or doctor's certificate [1] [2] is a written statement from a physician or another medically qualified health care provider which attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient. [3] It can serve as a sick note (UK: fit note) (documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence of a health condition. [4]
Although conferred in English, the degree may be abbreviated in Latin (viz., compare Latin Ed.D. used for either Doctor of Education or Educationis Doctor; and M.D., used for both Medicinae Doctor and Doctor of Medicine, the latter which can also be abbreviated D.M.). Doctor of Juridical Science: S.J.D. An academic, not a professional designation.
Voluntary recertification was first offered in Fall 1994, and mandatory recertification began in March 1997. Before this time, the initial board certification was permanent and recertification was not required. Since March 1997, if a physician does not recertify every eight years, their board certification status expires.