About US

The PBJ Central team

Our PBJ experts established PBJ Central after seeing that what worked 10 years ago doesn't meet the needs for today's payroll-based journal compliance.

PBJ Central provides everything SNF operators need to effectively manage staffing and PBJ compliance - from training for newcomers, to a community of peers as a sounding board.

Our new PBJ software is built to simplify the overly complex systems and burdens of payroll-based journal reporting.

The fastest way to reach us is to email members@pbjcentral.com

We plan to make our PBJ software available for early adopters in summer 2026. Join our waitlist to be notified and to be considered for our initial launch.

That's up to you.  We've listed PBJ consultants we know in our Vendor Directory (login required), and are aware that several CPA firms in our industry also support PBJ reporting.

Consultants can be used to supplement internal staff to ensure your PBJ data is compliant and as complete as possible. With their expertise they may offer a more efficient process to compile data, process and prepare it, and submit it to CMS.

Look for Consultants with these tags:

🚫 Check data errors
⭐ Predict Five Star
🚀 Submit to CMS

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Meet Our Founders

The PBJ Central team has worked in and served thousands of skilled nursing and senior care centers

Jenn M Feige

 Customer 
Delivery
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Polly Kirkwood

Growth &
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Don Feige

Marketing & Product Mgt
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John B Slater

Architecture
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Brett Kellgren

Product MGT
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Jenn Moenck Feige and Don Feige co-founded the pre-eminent payroll-based journal platform in 2016. They created the software ezPBJ – now known as Netsmart’s SimplePBJ. After selling ezPBJ, Don and Jenn continued to hear from PBJ friends and colleagues about the need to improve PBJ compliance - which led to the creation of PBJ Central.

Polly Kirkwood has worked alongside nursing homes for over 25 years, helping them adapt to changing payment models, protect revenue, and stay compliant without losing focus on resident care. Polly was responsible for growth at prominent post acute companies SimpleLTC, MatrixCare, and most recently MealSuite.

John Brian Slater and Brett Kellgren co-founded and developed PDPM Coach (a reimbursement analyzer) and Care Coach, a first-of-its-kind integrated care management program that manages fee-for-service and value-based care patients for Patient Pattern. Their software was acquired by PointClickCare to help improve outcomes and manage the risks of high need populations.