Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HUMAN SERVICES (MEDICARE) REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 17

    The Chief Executive Medicare has the following prescribed functions:

  (a)   to investigate whether the Commonwealth has paid to a person, by way of subsidy under Chapter   3 of the Aged Care Act or Chapter   3 of the Aged Care Transitional Act, an amount that is a recoverable amount;

  (b)   on behalf of the Commonwealth, to take action to recover a recoverable amount (or part of it):

  (i)   in accordance with section   95 - 2 of the Aged Care Act; or

  (ii)   by any other means.