Billing services in York are an efficient, time saving system whereby a company (often, hospitals and medical practices) outsources its billing to a third party agency that collates the bills, prints them out and mails them within a certain timespan. For medicine specifically, this is called Medical Billing Service, though this is by no means the only sector that utilizes billing services. These service companies usually have programs that help organize the billing data such that the bills can be generated as quickly and accurately as possible. Some other advantages offered by billing services include advanced address standardization, bar coding, and in-house zip code presorting services. Usually, the bills are sent out in the mail within 48 hours of receiving the data from the client. The service in most companies in Yorkis quite comprehensive, and includes everything from generating the bills, printing them, the envelopes, printing the addresses and mailing them. Usually, the entire process is checked at least once to ensure no mistakes or glitches happen. There are premium options that one can opt for, including faster mailing, higher quality paper, adding images, colour prints and variable fonts, for a higher than standard fee. After the mail is sent out, a mail-tracking system enables knowledge of when the customer get the bills. The company usually also provides the client with a report on the entire exercise.