Question 1

Has Matthew Fanelli, MD received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $59,291 in general payments to Matthew Fanelli, MD across 129 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 Matthew Fanelli, 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 Matthew Fanelli, 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
Arthrex	53	$28,690
Smith+Nephew	7	$20,301
Novus Surgical Consultants	28	$2,770
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	1	$2,730
Stryker	30	$2,046
ALON Medical Technology	1	$1,200
Novus Surgical Solutions LLC	1	$1,200
Globus Medical	2	$119
Vericel Corporation	2	$75
Johnson & Johnson	2	$71
Orthalign Inc	1	$53
ERMI LLC	1	$36

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