Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

EDWARD MARTIN KOWAL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Obstetrics & Gynecology Obstetrics

NPI
1144630690
CMS profile
7228862
Location
FLORENCE, SC

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$9,354.04

  • Reported across 145 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$676.49

32 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $676.49 32

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $70.54 4
PY2020 $41.16 2
PY2021 $568.44 37
PY2022 $6,667.81 35
PY2023 $1,329.60 35
PY2024 $676.49 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $15.72 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104105090 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.78 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104105092 CMS
Aspira Women's Health Inc $20.06 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126779164 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $14.88 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139276272 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.74 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086108908 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.14 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086238050 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.54 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092381162 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $22.05 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089444496 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $18.72 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089444494 CMS
Hologic Sales and Service, LLC $18.46 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084883520 CMS
Hologic Sales and Service, LLC $18.03 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084883550 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $44.54 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130821816 CMS
Meditrina $17.96 04/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154267466 CMS
Meditrina $21.25 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154267464 CMS
Minerva Surgical, Inc $28.10 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085613025 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.45 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097675000 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.96 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097034342 CMS
OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC $19.05 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153138064 CMS
OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC $39.33 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153138062 CMS
Organon Llc $15.75 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136305093 CMS
Organon Llc $17.16 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136205715 CMS
Organon Llc $15.77 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136305091 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $16.65 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151244350 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.20 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131790379 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.18 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131640004 CMS
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. $20.66 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120396083 CMS
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. $33.02 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120396085 CMS
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. $35.05 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120392335 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $17.43 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150153722 CMS
Solventum Corporation $19.66 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144093908 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $30.61 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148876666 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $25.59 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105921971 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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