PBJ News Category
CMS’ PBJ Policies
Understanding Staffing Compliance Issues & Exemptions
Comments on Staffing Rule Pour in to CMS
Plans to Defeat CMS’ Proposed Minimums Rule
Congress Weighs in on Proposed Staffing Rule
CMS Updates Staffing & Turnover Measures
President Biden Op-Ed Claims Nursing Homes are Putting Residents at Risk
CMS Issues Proposed Minimum Staffing Rule
Congress weighs in on possible minimum staffing rules
Minimum staffing requirement: Thank you?
The Impact of the Public Health Emergency on Skilled Nursing Facilities
Federal Bill Aims to Aid Nursing Home Labor Shortage with TNA Program Extension
CMS should be careful in what it asks for
CMS to ‘Crack Down’ on Troubled Nursing Homes Through Special Focus Facility Program Changes
3 Nursing Home Legal Issues to Watch in 2022 and Beyond
CMS reveals differing opinions on minimum staffing approach
CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents
CMS Releases Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule for FY23
CMS is also seeking feedback on including a Nursing Home Staff Turnover measure in the VBP program. The measure uses data from the CMS payroll-based journal system and reports annual turnover for nurses.
State of Skilled Nursing Facilities Today, Planning for the Future
U.S. Bill Would Require More Staffing And Curtail Arbitration In Nursing Homes
Nursing homes would face minimum staffing requirements and a prohibition on pre-dispute arbitration agreements, among other significant potential changes included in legislation introduced last week by a group of Democratic senators.
CMS Announces Updates to Five Star Quality Rating System
CMS announces end of emergency blanket data waiver for nursing homes
CMS Releases Nursing Home Staffing, Census Data to Help States Make PPE and Testing Decisions
CMS Focuses on Enforcement in Latest Statement on SNF Policies
CMS Proposes a Host of Changes to Nursing Home Requirements for Participation
Senate Finance Committee hearing focuses on nursing home abuse
Issues of staffing, quality and funding, particularly Medicaid reimbursement, were addressed by David Grabowski, Ph.D., a professor at the Harvard Medical School and David Gifford, M.D., who heads up quality and regulatory affairs for the American Health Care Association.
House Hearing Focuses on Nursing Home Safety and Quality
The PBJ quality quest
In McKnights, Don Feige observes how CMS continues their quest to create a standardized, consistent measure of staffing across the industry by closing loopholes and clarifying gray areas.
Nursing Home Staffing Measures Transitioning to PBJ Data
Leading Age NY informs its members how CMS is shifting the data source used to calculate the staffing measures of the nursing home quality rating system from self reported 671 data to auditable PBJ reports.
PBJ data goes public
In a memo published earlier this week, CMS announced that they will begin posting PBJ public use files for viewing by LTC facilities, stakeholders, and the general public at http://data.cms.gov/ on November 1, 2017.
PBJ reporting begins
In McKnights, Don Feige describes some of the trickier parts of the PBJ reporting rules that providers need to either validate or make changes to systems and processes to ensure staffing data is PBJ compliant
Getting prepared for the new payroll-based journal reporting requirements
The Start of PBJ Practice Data Submission
CMS encouraged providers to use the voluntary submission period beginning October 1, 2015 to test their PBJ data submission processes. The mandatory filing period begins July 1, 2016.
CMS announces a new Payroll-Based Journal system
PBJ News by Topic
PBJ News Topics
- CMS' PBJ Policies (34)
- Five Star Staffing Ratings (19)
- Minimum Staffing (50)
- Nursing HPRD & Turnover (43)
- PBJ Audits by CMS (6)
- Research Studies of PBJ Data (32)
- Rules for PBJ Reporting (19)
- State Mandates & Medicaid (11)
- Survey & FTags for Staffing (7)