Revised CMS PBJ Manual

Related Resources:

• CMS: Technical Users’ Guide July 2022
• CMS: PBJ Policy Manual Version 2.6 (June 2022)
• CMS: QSO Memo 22-19-NH Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance
• CMS: State Operations Manual: Appendix PP Guidance to Surveyors of Long Term Care Facilities

Five Star Ratings News

• News: ‘Counterintuitive to the Goal:’ Impending Five-Star Staffing Measures Don’t Address Ongoing Labor Challenges
• News: CMS Issues Guidance on Five-Star Staffing Measures
• News: Turnover, weekend staffing levels now in Five-Star ratings
• News: Thousands of nursing homes face lower Five-Star ratings
• News: Lots to learn with new Five-Star
• News: CMS Officially Adds Weekend Staffing, Turnover to Five-Star Quality Ratings
• News: 1 in 3 nursing homes fall in staffing under new CMS Five-Star rating system
• News: Ensuring Accuracy of Staffing Ratings in Nursing Home Care Compare

Survey Inspection Guidance News

• News: Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety
• News: CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents
• News: CMS Updates Nursing Home Medicare Requirements of Participation Guidance
• News: CMS Announces Updates to Improve Safety and Quality of Long-term Care Facilities
• News: CMS targets staffing in updated ROP
• News: Medicare, Medicaid to Take Closer Look at Nursing Home Staffing
• News: Month for fireworks in long term care
• News: New employee interviews, deeper dive into PBJ data could lead to more survey citations
• News: Appendix PP Revisions in the State Operations Manual: Breaking Down Key Changes
• News: PBJ Data Use in Surveys Serves as ‘Breadcrumbs’ to Looming Federal Staffing Mandate