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

WILLIAM E COHN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1730288580
CMS profile
169922
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$32,786.32

  • Reported across 125 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,191.24

7 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
Travel and Lodging $865.65 2
Food and Beverage $325.59 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Virtual Incision Corporation $747.00 2
Arthrex, Inc. $302.65 3
Medinc of Texas $124.95 1
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. $16.64 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $5,031.38 36
PY2019 $3,058.11 18
PY2020 $3,334.46 9
PY2021 $1,558.69 13
PY2022 $4,561.91 23
PY2023 $14,050.53 19
PY2024 $1,191.24 7

Payment records · PY2024 (7)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 09/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146569809 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146569811 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146569813 CMS
Medinc of Texas $124.95 09/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125025822 CMS
Surgical Specialties Corporation (us), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) $16.64 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127683880 CMS
Virtual Incision Corporation $627.00 03/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152113053 CMS
Virtual Incision Corporation $120.00 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152113169 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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