Receiving Outpatient Treatment

• Daily Life
• Disaster Preparedness, Crime Prevention and Emergency
• Emergency Medical Care (Illnesses and Injuries)
• Health and Medicine
• Health, Medical Care, Hygiene and Welfare
• Health and Medical Care
• Elderly and Long-Term Care
• Health and Medical Care

When you are examined or receive treatment at a hospital for the first time, you must register your name with the receptionist. Usually out-patient registration is open all morning, but at some locations it is open for only a short time or may require an appointment. Therefore, please check the registration system in advance. When you use your health insurance to receive medical treatment, you will be required by medical institutions designated by the insurance program (most are) to submit your health insurance certificate when you register. Otherwise, you will have to pay the entire cost of the medical treatment. However, when you don’t have your certificate, for example when you are traveling or in times of emergency, you can apply to the insurance program for reimbursement of the covered expenses at a later date.
When you receive continued treatment at the same institution, you will be required to present your medical insurance certificate at the first visit of each month.