# 2025-11056: GAO Seeks Experts to Advise on How Medicare Pays Doctors

2025-11056, Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), is a Federal Register notice from Government Accountability Office published 2025-06-16, effective 2025-07-15 (as of 2026-11-02).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11056
- Title: Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Government Accountability Office
- Citation: 90 FR 25274
- Published: 2025-06-16
- Effective: 2025-07-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-02

## In one line

GAO Seeks Experts to Advise on How Medicare Pays Doctors

## Summary

The Government Accountability Office is looking for awesome people to join the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC). This group helps shape how doctors get paid under Medicare, so it’s a big deal! If you want to help improve healthcare payments, send your nomination by July 15, 2025, with appointments happening in October.

## Abstract

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee to provide comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now accepting nominations of individuals for this committee.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-11056 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11056/request-for-nominations-for-the-physician-focused-payment-model-technical-advisory-committee-ptac)
- [2025-11056 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11056.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11056 (as of 2026-11-02).