When you incur high medical care costs

The copayment for medical care costs you can be required to pay is capped. If your copayment calculated based on a certain standards exceeds this maximum, the excess amount will be paid as “High-Cost Medical Care Benefits”.

When you want to reduce the amount of medical care costs you pay at the medical care institution
When you face high copayments for medical care or long-term care

When you want to reduce the amount of medical care costs you pay at the medical care institution

We recommend using a Myna health insurance card. By doing so, your cost-sharing maximum amount information will be provided with no need to give your consent and you will no longer need a Certificate of Application of Maximum Copayment Amount.

Required documents:	Request for issuance of Maximum Co-payment Certificate for Health Insurance Excel ・ PDF Example *Normally, the period of validity is three months (through the last day of the month two months after the month that includes the effective date). You may apply for a certificate that is valid for up to one year. The date of publication is the first day of the month when the health insurance society receive the application. Note that the certificate cannot be published retroactively to the last month.
Destination:	If using in-house mail * Only employees of Hewlett-Packard Japan, G.K. can use in-house mail. Health Insurance Society Mail stop: Ojima head office HQ3-NW02 Postal service 2-2-1 Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-8711 To Hewlett-Packard Japan Health Insurance Society e-mail jpn_kenpo_shinsei@hpe.com
Applies to:	Insured persons or dependents whose copayment amounts for one month are expected to exceed their individual cost-sharing maximum amounts in the following cases: Examinations and treatment received at a medical care institution or other facility that has not adopted the online eligibility verification system When not using a Myna health insurance card When not using a Myna health insurance card and you are 70 or older and in the same income category as active workers Ⅰ or Ⅱ * Even when using a Myna health insurance card, those in the low income category must apply in advance for a Maximum Copayment/Reduced Standard Copayment Certificate to be treated as falling in the low income category.
Address inquiries to:	Health Insurance Society
Notes:	Request for issuance of Maximum Co-payment Certificate for Health Insurance is also accepted by E-mail. Please fill in the required fields and send to the designated E-mail address.

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When you face high copayments for medical care or long-term care

Required documents:	Application for Payment of High Aggregate Cost for Long-Term Care Service
Required documents:	[Documents to attach] Copayment certificate for long-term care insurance
Deadline:	As soon as possible
Applies to:	Insured persons paying copayments for both medical care and long-term care for all individuals in the same household, for whom the total copayment amount paid under both systems over a one-year period exceeds the maximum amount
Address inquiries to:	Health Insurance Society
Notes:	For calculation purposes, the one-year period above refers to the period August 1 to July 31 the following year.

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