CMS announces date for PBJ public use files to be made 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 https://data.cms.gov/ on November 1, 2017.

The first public use file posted will include data submitted by facilities for the reporting period of calendar quarters 1 and 2, which had deadline submissions of May 15 and August 14 2017. CMS will continue to post subsequent quarters of data as they become available.

The data will include the total number of hours submitted for nursing services job categories (e.g., registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, and nurse aides) for each day in the quarter, in addition to each facility’s census for each day in the quarter as calculated using minimum data set (MDS) submissions.