PBJ News Category
Five Star Staffing Ratings
U.S. News & World Report nursing home ratings poke holes in CMS ratings
Ask the payment expert …. about the total nurse staffing measure
Thousands of nursing homes face lower Five-Star ratings
To Advance Information on Quality of Care, CMS Makes Nursing Home Staffing Data Available
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin posting for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website today
How to Boost Your Nursing Home Star Rating
For the administrator looking to improve an overall quality score quickly, the staffing score is a good place to start.
The staffing score will boost a facility’s overall score by one star if it: exceeds the health inspection score, and is either four or five stars.
Staffing Rating Under 4 Stars? Review PBJ Data; Set and Monitor Goals
5 Star, QMs, and PBJ Data Updates
Marys Take: Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public
Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems — and left them unprepared for Covid-19. The piece, as you may have already deduced speaks to Nursing Home Compare, the Five-Star Rating System and Payroll Based Journal (PBJ).
CMS Announces Updates to Five Star Quality Rating System
Cutting through the COVID staffing star confusion
Top 9 Things to Remember About PBJ
Accurate PBJ reporting can impact your Five-Star rating, referral patterns, census stability and overall long-term viability.
Staffing takes a front seat when driving quality of care
CMS: Hundreds More Buildings Could Receive One-Star Staffing Ratings Under New Rules
Investing in Staffing Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Skilled Nursing Profits
Skilled Nursing Facilities Can’t Just ‘Check the Box’ Under New Payroll Requirements
In Skilled Nursing News, Don Feige and others discuss the impact of CMS using PBJ for Five Star ratings and how providers are adapting.
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.
Changes and Results from First PBJ Submission
Skilled nursing providers should submit their next round of payroll based journaling data well ahead of the May 15 deadline in order to catch errors, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said Thursday
Studies: Five-Star Ratings Linked To Consumer Demand, Nurse Training
As reported in Provider Magazine, consumers increasingly are more likely to choose a skilled nursing care center if it has a Five-Star Rating of five stars, according to a recent study by Health Services Research