The guillotine is a machine used to execute people by decapitation (chopping off their heads). A guillotine is made of a heavy blade attached to a rack, which moves up and down on a vertical frame. When the rack is let go, it will fall down and the blade will cut the convict's head off.
A national producer number, or NPN, is a tool to protect individual insurance agents and agencies from identity theft and fraudulent representations made to the National Insurance Producer Registry, or NIPR.
The NPI is a ten-digit number, which must be used on HIPAA standard electronic transactions, such as claims, to identify a provider. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed the. to identify providers and assign NPIs. To apply for an NPI go to https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do.