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Thursday, June 25, 2020
CMS Announces Plans to End the Medicare Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data
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Distributed by Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS)
Today,
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to
end the Medicare emergency blanket waiver requiring all nursing homes to
resume submitting staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ)
system by August 14, 2020. The PBJ system allows CMS to collect nursing
home staffing information which impacts the quality of care residents
receive. The blanket waiver was intended to temporarily allow the agency to
concentrate efforts on combating COVID-19 and reduce administrative burden
on nursing homes so they could focus on patient health and safety during
this public health emergency. The
memorandum released today also provides updates related to staffing and
quality measures used on the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star
Rating System. To
view the memorandum to states and nursing home stakeholders, visit: https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/changes-staffing-information-and-quality-measures-posted-nursing-home-compare-website-and-five-star
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