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

JOHN A COWAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1588786669
CMS profile
71601
Location
ROME, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,106,152.86

  • Reported across 149 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$590,900.91

16 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
Royalty or License $590,873.72 15
Food and Beverage $27.19 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $590,600.00 12
Globus Medical, Inc. $273.72 3
ABBVIE INC. $27.19 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $474,247.87 28
PY2019 $491,405.03 32
PY2020 $366,572.59 17
PY2021 $326,890.31 16
PY2022 $274,681.30 16
PY2023 $581,454.85 24
PY2024 $590,900.91 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
ABBVIE INC. $27.19 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103509718 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $98.28 04/26/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145020997 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $114.22 07/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145020985 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $61.22 10/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145020987 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $10,777.00 02/09/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032757 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24,842.00 02/09/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032765 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $105,350.00 02/09/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032769 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9,600.00 05/17/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032759 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24,939.00 05/17/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032767 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $115,620.00 05/17/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032771 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7,829.00 08/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032761 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $111,673.00 08/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032773 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28,778.00 08/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032777 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9,438.00 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032763 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $110,014.00 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032775 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $31,740.00 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112032779 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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