Joint program with employers (for employees)

The Hewlett-Packard Japan Health Insurance Society provides periodic health checkups as a joint program with individual employers

Eligible persons

• Insured employees under 35 years of age (those employed as of April 1 each year)
  Health checkups at partner medical care institutions
• Insured employees aged 35 or older (those employed as of April 1 each year)
  A complete checkup is required in place of a periodic health checkup.
  The company provides a subsidy of 10,000 yen in addition to the Health Insurance Society’s subsidy for complete checkups.

• * Ages here refer to the age of the insured person or dependent as of the birthday during the Health Insurance Society’s fiscal year (April 1 - March 31).

Subsidy amounts

• Employees under 35 years of age

	Subsidy amount	Costs borne by
Periodic health checkup	Full subsidy	Company
Optional exams Cervical cancer/breast cancer screening	Full subsidy	Health Insurance Society

• Employees aged 35 or older
  A complete checkup is required in place of a periodic health checkup.
  The company provides a subsidy of 10,000 yen in addition to the Health Insurance Society’s subsidy for complete checkups.

	Health Insurance Society	Company subsidy
One-day complete checkup	Amount in excess of 10,000 yen, not exceeding the maximum checkup cost of 45,000 yen (excluding tax)	10,000 yen

Optional exams	Health Insurance Society subsidy amount	Maximum subsidy amount
Cervical cancer/breast cancer screening PSA test (age 55 or older)	Full subsidy	-
Brain MR (age 40 or older)	50% of exam cost	20,000 yen (excluding tax)
Lung helical CT scan (age 40 or older)	50% of exam cost	10,000 yen (excluding tax)

• * The Health Insurance Society subsidy amount for a complete checkup is the maximum checkup cost minus the copayment.

Complete checkups

Eligible persons

Insured persons and dependents aged 35 or older

Subsidy amounts

• * The Health Insurance Society subsidy amount for a complete checkup is the maximum checkup cost minus the copayment.
• * You may not undergo an additional complete checkup during the same fiscal year in which you underwent a complete checkup through the joint program with the employer.
  (Example: After a change in your insurance program from an insured employee to a voluntarily and continuously insured person)
• * No subsidy is provided for secondary exams following a complete checkup for dependents.
  

How to undergo the checkup

• Insured persons who are employees should apply in accordance with the instructions provided in the notice of periodic health checkups from the employer.
• Those who are voluntarily and continuously insured persons as of April 1 should apply with reference to the notice sent from Nihon Kenshin Zaidan. Those who became voluntarily and continuously insured persons on or after April 2 should apply with Nihon Kenshin Zaidan (Kenshin Club) directly by telephone or on the appointment Web.
• Dependents should apply with reference to the notice of family checkups sent from Nihon Kenshin Zaidan to their home address, specifying when making the appointment that the appointment is for a complete checkup.
  See also the “Family checkups” section for more information.
• A voluntarily and continuously insured person who has undergone a complete checkup through the joint program with the employer may not undergo an additional complete checkup during the same fiscal year.
• Health checkups are available only to those who are eligible as insured persons (including voluntarily and continuously insured persons) or dependents on the date of the checkup.

参考リンク

• List of partner medical care institutions (complete checkups, family checkups)

Apply to Nihon Kenshin Zaidan

Cervical cancer/breast cancer screening

Cervical cancer/breast cancer screening is available as an optional exam.

Eligible persons (female)

Insured persons, dependent spouses, and dependents aged 40 or older

Subsidy amount

The entire amount is subsidized by the Health Insurance Society (copayment applies to any exams other than those specified).

How to undergo the screening, etc.

See here for more information.

• About cervical cancer/breast cancer screening (dependents, voluntarily and continuously insured persons)
• About cervical cancer/breast cancer screening (employees)

参考リンク

• List of partner medical care institutions (complete checkups, family checkups)

• List of partner medical care institutions (periodic health checkups, overseas posts, late-night work)

Apply to Nihon Kenshin Zaidan