Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $4M
- Providers paid
- 52,527
- Transactions
- 193,157
- Average per transaction
- $21
The average per transaction — $21 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | $396,541 | 9.8% |
| New York | $367,918 | 9.1% |
| Texas | $365,935 | 9.1% |
| Florida | $334,173 | 8.3% |
| New Jersey | $242,539 | 6.0% |
| Pennsylvania | $182,843 | 4.5% |
| Illinois | $180,075 | 4.5% |
| Michigan | $145,445 | 3.6% |
| Georgia | $133,907 | 3.3% |
| North Carolina | $113,572 | 2.8% |
| Ohio | $108,968 | 2.7% |
| Virginia | $100,218 | 2.5% |
| Louisiana | $91,985 | 2.3% |
| Alabama | $87,732 | 2.2% |
| Maryland | $86,646 | 2.1% |
| Arizona | $86,222 | 2.1% |
| South Carolina | $83,225 | 2.1% |
| Tennessee | $81,848 | 2.0% |
| Colorado | $79,205 | 2.0% |
| Missouri | $70,265 | 1.7% |
| Indiana | $62,412 | 1.5% |
| Nevada | $60,240 | 1.5% |
| Kentucky | $57,822 | 1.4% |
| Washington | $57,306 | 1.4% |
| Hawaii | $52,800 | 1.3% |
| Mississippi | $51,827 | 1.3% |
| Massachusetts | $49,373 | 1.2% |
| Oklahoma | $46,768 | 1.2% |
| Connecticut | $42,393 | 1.0% |
| Kansas | $31,251 | 0.8% |
| Arkansas | $24,479 | 0.6% |
| Oregon | $22,993 | 0.6% |
| District of Columbia | $22,312 | 0.6% |
| West Virginia | $21,641 | 0.5% |
| Delaware | $18,842 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $16,209 | 0.4% |
| Nebraska | $15,054 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $11,278 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $8,500 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | $7,474 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $5,688 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $5,353 | 0.1% |
| Minnesota | $3,392 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $1,750 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $1,343 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $956 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $738 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $590 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $427 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $191 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $170 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $125 | 0.0% |
| XX | $66 | 0.0% |
| GU | $58 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $33 | 0.0% |
| AE | $26 | 0.0% |