Telehealth Reporting and Transparency Act of 2026

Public Medicare telehealth reports and dashboard

If enacted, the Secretary of HHS (CMS) would send Congress a yearly report on Medicare telehealth claims paid under section 1834(m). The first report would be due not later than 2 years after enactment and then every year. Each report would cover the 12-month period ending 180 days before the report date and include set data: total claims; per-State and rural/urban originating-site counts; explanations for changes of 10% or another Secretary-set threshold; disaggregation by age, race, ethnicity, income or income proxy (including Medicare Savings Program or low-income subsidy eligibility), disability status, and preferred language when available; populations with materially low use; broadband or technology access barriers when practicable; available patient outcome measures; analyses of claim features that may indicate improper billing (without individual medical record review); descriptions of anti-fraud actions; counts of furnishing clinicians and their specialties; and reported barriers clinicians face. The Secretary would have to rely on data already available to CMS, consult beneficiaries, clinicians and other stakeholders, and would not be allowed to impose new reporting duties on clinicians. CMS would also have to publish a public, searchable, downloadable dashboard within 180 days after the first report and release the standardized methods and data specifications within 180 days after each report date. The Government Accountability Office would be required to audit how the Act was implemented and report to Congress once between 3 and 5 years after enactment.