Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Staffing Data Sets Updated

Posted in INDUSTRY NEWS, Long-Term Care

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

CMS posted recent Nurse and Non-Nurse Staffing Data sets as well as Employee Detail Data on April 27, 2022.

The Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Nurse Staffing and Non-Nurse Staffing datasets provide information submitted by nursing homes including rehabilitation services on a quarterly basis. The data include the hours staff are paid to work each day, for each facility. Examples of reporting categories include Director of Nursing, Administrative Registered Nurses, Registered Nursing, Administrative Licensed Practice Nurses, Licensed Practice Nurses, Certified Nurse Aides, Certified Medication Aides, and Nurse Aides in Training. There are also other non-nurse staff categories provided in the data such as Respiratory Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Social Worker. The datasets also include a facility’s daily census calculated using the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission.

The Payroll-Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing Data Set can be found here.

The Payroll-Based Journal Daily Non-Nurse Staffing Data Sets can be found here.

The Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Employee Detail Nursing Home Staffing datasets linked below provide information submitted by nursing homes including rehabilitation services on a quarterly basis. The datasets include the number of hours that each individual staff member worked, on each day in the quarter (not aggregated by staff reporting category). Each file contains a system generated employee identification number, work date, job type and employment status, and hours worked for each nursing home employee. 2021 Q4 Employee Detail Data was posted on April 27, 2022.