Did you receive the friendly reminder from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in your inboxes today titled “30 Days Until Go Live for Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ)?” Well if not, CMS has sent a reminder that the electronic submission of staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) is required of all LTC facilities and July 1, 2016 is the start date for the mandatory data collection. More information on PBJ can be found on the CMS website.