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 and consenting to provide your cost-sharing maximum amount information, you will not need a Certificate of Application of Maximum Copayment Amount.
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| 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:
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| Address inquiries to: | Those employed at the Head office, Shiseido Japan, JRI, THE GINZA, GIC, KODOMOLOGY, or ETWAS, or Nasu Factory, or Osaka Factory, or Ibaraki Factory, or Kurume Factory, or IPSA, or PFJ, or EFFECTIM, or Ettusais, or Shiseido Pharmaceutical, or ＳＩＢ, or Shiseido Creative should submit the required documents to the Astech Contact Desk. Others may submit them to their own HR sections. |
| Notes: | You can use this system for both inpatient and outpatient costs. |
| Returning the Maximum Copayment Certificate ・Return the Certificate in the following cases: |
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When you face high copayments for medical care or long-term care
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| 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: | Those employed at the Head office, Shiseido Japan, JRI, THE GINZA, GIC, KODOMOLOGY, or ETWAS, or Nasu Factory, or Osaka Factory, or Ibaraki Factory, or Kurume Factory, or IPSA, or PFJ, or EFFECTIM, or Ettusais, or Shiseido Pharmaceutical, or ＳＩＢ, or Shiseido Creative should submit the required documents to the Astech Contact Desk. Others may submit them to their own HR sections. |
| Notes: | For calculation purposes, the one-year period above refers to the period August 1 to July 31 the following year. |