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

BRUCE J KOWALSKI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1467479808
CMS profile
247648
Location
BURLINGTON, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,774.37

  • Reported across 65 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$498.97

25 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 $498.97 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $140.36 4
PY2019 $1,657.13 16
PY2020 $145.02 3
PY2021 $162.25 9
PY2022 $115.15 5
PY2023 $55.49 3
PY2024 $498.97 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $21.35 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125078907 CMS
ABIOMED $41.51 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142291861 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.70 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125840841 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.79 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118020968 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.19 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092355621 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.81 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092381828 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $50.00 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092355623 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $19.75 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816194 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.27 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101686726 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.23 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101686752 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $14.63 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154037993 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $15.19 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154885080 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $20.69 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154885130 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.45 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141621917 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.18 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141622021 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.96 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141844901 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.98 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087129638 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.63 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087129642 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.72 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097101512 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.85 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131326812 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.34 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130887030 CMS
VivaQuant Inc, dba Rhythm Express $15.86 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154303917 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.00 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576657 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.11 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576667 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.78 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080576745 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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