REVISED: PBJ Policy FAQs
PUBLISHED: April 27, 2016
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The second PBJ FAQ document was published April 27, 2016 just two months before the new PBJ reporting requirement began July 1, 2016.
This FAQ added five new questions, removed one and modified four previously answered questions.ย New concepts included:
- Removal of lunch hoursย from reported paid and worked hours
- Confirmation ofย which providers are required to comply with PBJ rulesย and that it does not apply to swing beds
- Added flexibility in reporting on staffย who perform multiple rolesย
- Clarified thatย practioner hours billedย to Medicare directly or other payersย cannot be reportedย in PBJ
- Introduced methods to report Therapist hours for different scenarios
- Removed requirement toย report Laboratory and Radiology staff, making it optional
- Created aย method to report extra hours worked by salaried staffย beyond their salaried duties
- Definedย how to report hours for shifts occuring in two calendar daysย (crossing midnight).
- Removed the part-time vs full-time guidance from the prior FAQ document