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The Advantages Of The New PBJ Requirements

By Christine Barnes


PBJ or payroll based journal is the result of mandates of new employers where in they were brought by many requirements. These requirements include healthcare insurances. But PBJ has greatly affected the nursing homes and other care facilities which includes the skilled nursing facilities.

Payroll based journal goals have to be achieved. First, allowing Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to accumulate more regular and frequent data from nursing homes. Second, ensuring the accuracy of data. Third, having systematized collection of data. Fourth and last, inspecting quality of care being provided by nursing homes. PBJ requirements is also referred to as peanut butter and jelly.

The ACA or Affordable Care Act requires the CMS to go ahead with the collection of data from all facilities which will include all the staffs in agencies. And to comply the requirement of ACA, the CMS developed the PBJ. All of nursing facilities were motivated to read and to review the manual of policies of the requirements.

The manual of PBJ policies provide all necessary background and information for the submission of requirement. This includes the submission deadlines, submission screens, and the definition of job categories. All the collected information will be entered to the PBJ system. These information are inputted quarterly within 45 days every after the end of quarter.

This requirement being proposed surely has created burden in the part of many facilities. And surely, the vendors of the software will be decreasing the workload in such facilities. They will have to require new payroll system, scheduling, and timekeeping as well. Non payroll staffs such as the therapists and the contracted workers will not be affected by the software systems since they will still use the manual entry of requirements. Therefore, the submission of it may require duplicate effort.

Ever since this is being implemented, the system became so critical on the part of some providers. Whenever failures will happen such as wrong reports or wrong data entry, there may be penalties. The idea was identified since it has delivered a better quality of care outcomes. Another very good advantage of this is consumers and some referral sources will be understanding more on the differences and levels of staffing of nursing homes.

The CMS understands that this is a big problem for the providers nowadays. And while providers are still adjusting to this, CMS stated that they will not impose any remedy on this. And aside from this, they will be providing feedbacks or warnings to the providers that will help them in facilitating with the compliance of the requirement.

Though this is affecting the process of staffing, the revenue goals, and operational costs, there is still one good thing about this. You can just manage and control the reporting process easily, thus, resulting to minimal costs. And also it ensures to meet the reporting requirement.

To meet the requirement shows that the facilities are providing better quality care. Also, it reduces the risk of delayed reports and having penalties. Even though this can be time consuming, consumers may still identify a better facility for their families or loved ones.




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