Payroll-Based Journal Reporting For SNFs

✓ LEARN

Learn PBJ the right way.

Exclusive training, policy resources, and a peer community built for SNF teams.

PBJ Central brings together everything your skilled nursing facility (SNF) needs to be a pro at Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ), from beginner fundamentals to advanced Five Star strategy. Whether you're new to PBJ reporting or want to go deeper, you'll find expert courses, an always-current policy library, and a community of SNF peers who've been doing this since the program launched.

Fundamentals of Payroll-Based Journal

Everything you need to know about how PBJ is set up and managed - the right foundation for your whole team.

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PBJ Data Requirements & System Setup

A thorough, easy-to-follow guide to the intricacies of PBJ reporting - built for the people who actually do the work.

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Understanding Five Star Staffing Ratings

Learn how staffing ratings are calculated & what causes them to change - so you're never caught off guard.

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Surviving a PBJ Audit & Data Issues

Preview the PBJ audit process and get proven tips to stay compliant when CMS comes knocking.

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Join a team of experts

Attend our meetups, and talk to other practitioners in the community of PBJ pros like you.

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Find a PBJ vendor

Find the software and service partners that collect staffing data & support PBJ reporting.

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PBJ resource library

Browse recent news, Five Star guides, policy manuals, research studies & more - all in one place.

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✓ COMPLY

Know your compliance standing before CMS does.

Your staffing data has a story. Make sure it's the right one.

Every quarter, SNFs submit staffing hours to CMS – and those numbers directly determine your Five Star staffing rating, your survey risk, and your compliance standing. Most facilities submit and hope. PBJ Central's soon to be released PBJ software helps you find data errors, see the real impact of your staffing hours, and fix issues before they're locked in.

Find errors fast

Surface data issues across your staffing hours before the quarterly deadline, no more last-minute scrambles.

See your Five Star impact

Understand exactly how your staffing data maps to your current and projected Five Star staffing rating.

Submit with confidence

Know your submission is complete, accurate, and ready, every quarter, not just the ones that feel risky.

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✓ SIMPLIFY

Turn PBJ reporting into a staffing strategy.

Stop treating PBJ as a quarterly obligation. Start treating it as an operational asset.

Your team spends hours compiling, cleaning, and submitting the same staffing data. PBJ Central helps you do it faster – and get more from it. The data you already collect contains real insight about your staffing patterns, your compliance risk, and your Five Star trajectory. We help you see it.

Simplify the submission.

Cut the time your team spends on quarterly reporting. Find errors faster, fix them once, and build a repeatable process that gets better every quarter.

Elevate the strategy.

Use your PBJ data year-round, not just at the deadline. Understand your staffing patterns, anticipate compliance risk, and make better workforce decisions.

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We've been reporting PBJ since 2016.

The PBJ Central team has trained and supported skilled nursing facilities with Payroll-Based Journal reporting and Five Star staffing since the program launched in 2016. We've helped thousands of SNFs prepare, analyze, and submit PBJ reports — and we've seen firsthand what separates teams that struggle every quarter from teams that use their data with confidence.

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Stop reporting PBJ.
Start using it.

Everything your SNF team needs, in one place.

LEARN

COMPLY

SIMPLIFY