Effective PBJ reporting starts with accurate tracking of hours for both staff & external contractors.
SNFs turn to payroll providers & their timekeeping tools to automate data collection. Scheduling software helps set the desired staffing levels, but auditable PBJ hours come from time clock systems that track punches.
The payroll providers, timekeeping systems and scheduling software that apply PBJ rules & produce the XML file required by CMS are categorized with these tags.
👪 Track hours
💾 Create XML file
Despite its name, PBJ reported hours are not payroll based. PBJ rules requiring the "midnight split" plus mandatory lunch break rules lead to errors in reporting. Additional compliance & turnover rules are difficult to track alongside normal scheduling and payroll functions.
The ultimate staffing Five Star ratings combine staffing hours with acuity tracking measures. Understanding how CMS processes both the staffing and clinical data is essential to forecast upcoming CMS ratings.
PBJ utilities seek to simplify and automate PBJ compliance. They support cleaning PBJ data prior to submission and / or predicting the future staffing Five Star rating that CMS will publish.
🚫 Check data errors
⭐ Predict Five Star
Some PBJ utilities directly interface with CMS, offering a higher level of automation and accuracy.
💾 Create XML file
📄 Get CASPER reports
🚀 Submit to CMS
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. They may have these tags applied:
🚫 Check data errors
⭐ Predict Five Star
🚀 Submit to CMS
With an understanding of the PBJ methodology, SNFs can gain visibility to what level of staffing can lead to a desired Five Star rating.
Conversely, certain levels of RN staffing must be maintained daily per CMS rules.
Staffing agencies are numerous and able to supplement internal employees. Some agencies simplify tracking and reporting of PBJ hours and are listed with these tags .
👪 Track hours
💾 Create XML file
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