Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

MICHAEL A COWAN
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MICHAEL A COWAN

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
225 BALDWIN AVE, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28204-3109
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MICHAEL COWAN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

5

payments

$26,619

payment total

5

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
Consulting
1 $26,236
Food and Beverage
4 $383

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
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$26,236
BLACKBIRD

device

$259
BLACKHAWK

device

$259
TIGER SHARK

device

$259
TOMCAT

device

$259
VEO

device

$259
POWEREASE

device

$78
VARILIFT

device

$31
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

$16
† 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
Dec 21, 2018 $26,236 No Listed Product Consulting SOUTHERN SPINE, LLC
Mar 21, 2018 $259 BLACKHAWK TIGER SHARK BLACKBIRD TOMCAT VEO Food and Beverage CHOICE SPINE, LLC
Oct 17, 2018 $78 POWEREASE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $31 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $16 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage 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.