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JOHN A COWAN
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JOHN A COWAN

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
550 REDMOND RD NW, ROME, GA, 30165-1416
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JOHN COWAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

28

payments

$474,248

payment total

9

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
Royalty or License
 12 $474K
Food and Beverage
 16 $297

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†
DIVERGENCE

device

 $274K
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $200K
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $77
DUOPA

drug

 $66
CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA

device

 $57
TROKENDI XR

drug

 $25
AIMOVIG

drug

 $22
INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS

device

 $21
BETASERON

drug

 $16
FYCOMPA

drug

 $13
† 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
Aug 30, 2018 $52,721 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Nov 26, 2018 $51,991 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
May 22, 2018 $47,882 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Feb 23, 2018 $47,221 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
May 22, 2018 $38,155 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Aug 30, 2018 $35,926 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Aug 30, 2018 $35,786 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Feb 23, 2018 $34,632 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Feb 23, 2018 $33,769 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Nov 28, 2018 $32,747 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Nov 26, 2018 $31,812 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
May 22, 2018 $31,309 DIVERGENCE Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC. Cortex Holdings Llc John A Cowan Jr
Oct 28, 2018 $57 CLARUS 500 FUNDUS CAMERA Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 24, 2018 $22 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $21 INFINITY DBS PULSE GENERATORS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 31, 2018 $19 DUOPA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $18 DUOPA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $18 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
May 15, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
Sep 13, 2018 $16 BETASERON Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $15 DUOPA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $14 DUOPA Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
Dec 21, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
Apr 24, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage GE HEALTHCARE
May 7, 2018 $13 FYCOMPA Food and Beverage EISAI INC.
May 7, 2018 $13 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $12 TROKENDI XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.