This audit would assess the effectiveness of Services Australia administration of Medicare Compensation Recovery.

Medicare compensation recovery aims to recover any Medicare benefits, nursing home benefits, residential care, or home care government subsidies paid to a claimant resulting from compensable injury or illness. When a person receives a lump sum compensation payment of more than $5000, they may have to pay the costs of these back to the Australian Government before they receive their compensation payment. In 2023–24 46,634 cases were finalised and $29.2 million in benefits was recovered.