In addition to the operations under the provisions of the National Health Insurance Act, a Federation of National Health Insurance Associations performs the operations of examination and payment of claims for expenses required for benefits for medical treatment provided based on entrustment from an Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 74, paragraph (10), Article 75, paragraph (7), Article 76, paragraph (6), and Article 78, paragraph (8)), as well as dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage, and medical expenses for home-nursing.
In addition to the operations prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a NHI federation may conduct the following operations in order to contribute to the smooth operation of medical care for elderly persons:
affairs of collecting or receiving compensation for damage from a third party, conducted upon entrustment from the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, paragraph (3);
第五十八条第三項の規定により後期高齢者医療広域連合から委託を受けて行う第三者に対する損害賠償金の徴収又は収納の事務
beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, a project that contributes to the smooth operation of Old-Old Healthcare.
前号に掲げるもののほか、後期高齢者医療の円滑な運営に資する事業