Kowa Research Institute, 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
- $41.4M
- Providers paid
- 512
- Transactions
- 7,997
- Average per transaction
- $5,178
The average per transaction — $5,178 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $14,225,043 | 34.3% |
| California | $4,875,184 | 11.8% |
| Texas | $2,624,545 | 6.3% |
| North Carolina | $2,607,955 | 6.3% |
| Florida | $2,295,711 | 5.5% |
| Illinois | $1,063,055 | 2.6% |
| Ohio | $943,715 | 2.3% |
| Arizona | $869,488 | 2.1% |
| Georgia | $852,739 | 2.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $797,163 | 1.9% |
| Virginia | $796,668 | 1.9% |
| Minnesota | $683,557 | 1.7% |
| Indiana | $670,276 | 1.6% |
| Michigan | $668,082 | 1.6% |
| Tennessee | $643,297 | 1.6% |
| New York | $635,706 | 1.5% |
| South Carolina | $572,005 | 1.4% |
| Alabama | $448,119 | 1.1% |
| Kentucky | $447,632 | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | $427,713 | 1.0% |
| Nebraska | $388,993 | 0.9% |
| Oklahoma | $371,112 | 0.9% |
| Iowa | $358,245 | 0.9% |
| Connecticut | $354,855 | 0.9% |
| Colorado | $311,260 | 0.8% |
| Missouri | $295,914 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | $270,397 | 0.7% |
| Maine | $249,716 | 0.6% |
| Oregon | $214,284 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $213,203 | 0.5% |
| Louisiana | $206,882 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $130,856 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $126,975 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | $122,832 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | $107,901 | 0.3% |
| New Jersey | $103,669 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $87,689 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $59,390 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $50,969 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $50,296 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $48,539 | 0.1% |
| Utah | $44,870 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $37,669 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $22,075 | 0.1% |
| Washington | $14,058 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $13,501 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $6,131 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $2,277 | 0.0% |