The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) offers long-term care to California veterans. The eight current homes are a system of live-in, residential care facilities offering a comprehensive plan of medical, dental, pharmacy, rehabilitation services and social activities within a homelike, small community environment. CalVet homes range from 60-1,000+ residents.
The challenge
CalVet faced significant PBJ reporting challenges. They use handwritten time-keeping forms to track staff hours and compile the data into an Access database for reporting and analysis. They began their rollout of SimplePBJ™ with the 215-bed Chula Vista facility. With 215 staff, contractors sometimes working shifts over midnight and admin staff providing direct care, CalVet faced a daunting reporting task.
SimplePBJ™ results
CalVet has been thrilled with their results and will be expanding the use of SimplePBJ™ throughout their network. Some of the outcomes they enjoyed include:
- Easy submission: Successful uploads of multiple reports to CMS
- Painless process: Limited managerial staff can focus on patient care quality
- Initial quality check: The review and quality checks ensure they send the right data the first time
- Low cost of submission: “It’s worth taking away the headache,” notes Lael Hepworth, Chula Vista Administrator.
SimplePBJ™ helped CalVet Veterans Homes comply with CMS’ PBJ requirements well in advance of the submission deadline and gave them confidence that their PBJ reports were accurate with each submission.
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Industry
- Skilled Nursing
PBJ challenge
- Paper timekeeping records
- Work shifts over midnight
- Administrative staff give direct care
- Limited management staff
Solution
- The State of California Veterans Homes have deployed SimplePBJ™ to all their skilled nursing facilities.
Bottom line
- Converted paper data to PBJ rules
- Successfully submitted to CMS within days of launching SimplePBJ™
- Minimized reporting effort for limited staff