This is the second most crucial component. Wait, that is the wrong question. This is the true test, the benchmark as the computer people like to say, the crux of the matter. After the decision is made the head billing person announces to the staff the billing is about to begin, then gets the HCFA forms or the statement or the plain paper ready. It has begun.
Paper now spews forth.
Prayers of proper alignment and correct data are said by everyone. If all goes well your billing will continue. Oh, by the way, there are some programs that won't allow you to interrupt the billing sequence once started. If you run out of paper the billing run may cease and the computer may shut down. The printer stores tons of data just waiting for you to resupply the paper so that it can finish the run totally misaligned.