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    • Payroll Based Journal Daily Non-Nurse Staffing

    Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    References

    https://data.cms.gov/resources/payroll-based-journal-methodology-0

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/b497431a-5b57-42c0-9016-90105b51841e/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2025-12-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-05
    Category Medicare
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/resources/payroll-based-journal-daily-non-nurse-staffing-data-dictionary
    Harvest Object Id 62361143-0542-4a45-a819-703c43a78ef8
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/quality-of-care/payroll-based-journal-daily-non-nurse-staffing
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/resources/payroll-based-journal-methodology-0
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 583edc1cb6457085dc2ccfb92d23ccfb7165bb58c704993cefa4dba64bd59dde
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2017-01-01/2025-09-30

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