your payroll-based journal headquarters
PBJ Central
The team at PBJ Central is dedicated to ensuring accurate & complete payroll-based journal reporting. Join the community of PBJ experts and master PBJ by:
DISCOVERING the PBJ policy archives library, latest news & PBJ vendors
LEARNING from exclusive online payroll-based journal training courses
ACHIEVING perfect PBJ submissions with soon released PBJ Scrubber tools
What is Payroll-Based Journal?
Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) is a system for tracking staffing levels & hours worked in nursing homes. PBJ is used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to monitor & ensure compliance with federal staffing regulations.
CMS identifies staffing as a vital component of a nursing home’s ability to provide quality care. Staffing levels & turnover measures are posted on CMS Care Compare & used to categorize skilled facilities into a Five Star rating system.
How Can I Learn More About PBJ?
Since its launch in 2015, the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) program continues to expand and is increasingly used to enforce staffing compliance in skilled nursing facilities. Discover the policies and rules in our PBJ Library, get regular PBJ updates by subscribing to our News Alerts, or find a PBJ partner in our exclusive PBJ Vendor directory.
DISCOVER
How Can I Become a PBJ Expert?
These exclusive PBJ courses simplify the challenges of PBJ reporting issues encountered every quarter by nursing homes. Finance, payroll & quality teams must compile, clean, check & submit PBJ reports while staying compliant with PBJ requirements like mandatory lunch breaks, calendar day reporting, & special rules for exempt & contract hours.
LEARN
Can I Improve My PBJ Reporting?
Every quarter another PBJ report comes due, and reporting staff once again compile, cleanse, error-check and submit PBJ staffing hours. Its a time-consuming process for many, and requires double-checking to ensure no valid hours are missed. Our new PBJ Scrubber software aims to reduce this effort, and increase confidence in the final submissions. Coming soon!
ACHIEVE
Who is PBJ Central?
Our PBJ experts have trained & supported skilled nursing facilities with payroll-based journal reporting & the staffing five star since the beginning of PBJ in 2015. We have helped thousands of SNF’s prepare, analyze & submit PBJ reports.