Question 1

Has Cyril Rebel, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $1,897 in general payments to Cyril Rebel, MD across 6 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Cyril Rebel, MD did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Cyril Rebel, MD come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Sequoia Surgical, Inc.	2	$1,692
Medtronic	1	$138
Smith+Nephew	2	$50
Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc.	1	$18

Drug	Claims	Cost to plans & patients
Celecoxib	37	$1,119
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen	129	$985
Meloxicam	60	$280
Gabapentin	31	$215
Diclofenac Sodium	20	$209
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen	22	$111
Tramadol Hcl	17	$32

Cyril Rebel, MD

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