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ALVIN J COWANS
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ALVIN J COWANS

Listed Specialty: Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery
5150 STILESBORO RD NW STE 620, KENNESAW, GA, 30152-7760
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DR. ALVIN COWANS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$2,670

payment total

6

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 13 $2,179
Food and Beverage
 15 $486
Education
 1 $5

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE

device

 $800
ACCUFILL

device

 $704
ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS

device

 $371
XCALIBER META-DIAPHYSEAL FIXATOR

device

 $335
TRUELOK

drug

 $260
PORD DEVICE

device

 $238
RETRONAIL - ANKLE ARTHRODESIS

device

 $238
SMALL DAF

device

 $238
TRUELOK RING FIXATION SYSTEM

device

 $238
OASIS

device

 $125
REGRANEX

drug

 $125
SANTYL

drug

 $125
BONE SCREWS

device

 $97
LRS ADVANCED

device

 $97
PROCALLUS FIXATOR

device

 $97
STAINLESS STEEL ANTEGRADE NAILS

device

 $97
SPRIX

drug

 $32
BAXDELA

drug

 $14
APLIGRAF

drug

 $14
PHYSIO-STIM

drug

 $10
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $5
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Sep 27, 2018 $387 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $369 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $305 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $260 TRUELOK Travel and Lodging ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $238 PORD DEVICE SMALL DAF RETRONAIL - ANKLE ARTHRODESIS XCALIBER META-DIAPHYSEAL FIXATOR TRUELOK RING FIXATION SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $234 ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $191 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 8, 2018 $125 SANTYL REGRANEX OASIS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $122 ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $97 PROCALLUS FIXATOR STAINLESS STEEL ANTEGRADE NAILS XCALIBER META-DIAPHYSEAL FIXATOR BONE SCREWS LRS ADVANCED Travel and Lodging ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $47 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $40 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $34 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $34 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $27 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $19 ACCUFILL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $18 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $17 SPRIX Food and Beverage EGALET US INC
Oct 19, 2018 $16 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $16 SPRIX Food and Beverage EGALET US INC
Apr 11, 2018 $14 BAXDELA Food and Beverage MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $14 APLIGRAF Food and Beverage ORGANOGENESIS INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $10 PHYSIO-STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $10 TRABECULAR METAL (TM) ANKLE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $8 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $7 ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $5 No Listed Product Education SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $5 ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $4 ALPS PLATES AND INSTRUMENTS Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.