Practice offers lessons learned from attesting to Stage 1 meaningful use

Diamantoni & Associates of Lancaster, PA, attested to Stage 1 of meaningful use recently, resulting in the five-office practice and 18-provider group receiving more than $300,000 in federal incentive payments. Along the way they learned a few lessons that might help other practices, says health information technology consult­ant Christine Kelly of CMK Consulting, who helped Diamantoni with its electronic medical record (EMR) implementation.