Announcing a free PBJ analytics tool for skilled nursing facilities ezPBJ Essentials (sign up here) lets facilities review their CMS public use PBJ data and illustrates staffing trends across the key five-star staffing ratings published on Nursing Home Compare. In addition, facilities can profile and compare themselves to nearby competitors … Read More
[On-demand webinar] Will PBJ erase your star rating?
Your PBJ data is about to change your Five-Star rating. Is your organization ready? In a recent letter, CMS confirmed that, beginning in April 2018, it will use PBJ (Payroll-Based Journal) data to calculate staffing measures of the nursing home quality rating system. This means that staffing measures displayed on … Read More
CMS announces how PBJ will be used for Staffing Five-Star
CMS shared details with State Survey Agency Directors on how they will use Payroll-Based Journal data for Staffing Five Star measures. Download the full memo or read on for our summary. There’s much to unpack in this detailed memo. ezPBJ has summarized the key points of interest below. How the CMS Staffing … Read More
Gotchas to watch for in PBJ audits
PBJ Audits are a key part of the Staffing Five Star methodology going forward based on the details shared by CMS with State Survey Agency Directors on how they will use Payroll-Based Journal data for Staffing Five Star measures. Download the full memo here. Here’s what to watch for in preparing your PBJ … Read More
Why the MDS will affect your PBJ Staffing Five-Star
A little-noticed PBJ policy update last September will play an important role in your Staffing Five-Star rating once CMS begins using PBJ data in 2018: PBJ Census calculations are now based on your MDS. PBJ rules no longer require the submission of Resident Census. Instead, CMS released a new method they will … Read More