That National Provider Identifier, or NPI number, associated with Love-Robinson — which is needed for receiving money from Medicare and Medicaid patients — was deactivated on Feb. 18.

A spokesperson for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the NPI database, was unable to provide any more information about Love-Robinson and when he obtained his number.

It appears he was able to apply as a medical student, and then edited the information to indicate he was an M.D., said David Marsidi, co-founder of Florida-based EZ Doctor, which compiles reports on physicians and makes them available to consumers.

“When he was listed as an M.D., a lot of other listing sites culled his profile from NPI data, and that allowed him to look like a medical doctor if you were looking online,” Marsidi said.

One such website listed Love-Robinson as age 25 and specializing in naturopathy, psychology and mental health.