Per CMS memo dated 9/25/2017

CMS will begin posting Payroll-Based Journal public use files which will be accessible at https://data.cms.gov/ on November 1, 2017.
The Nursing Home Compare website indicates whether providers have submitted data by the required deadline, and if providers have submitted, complete, incomplete, or inaccurate data.
We are updating the data submission specifications to give providers the ability to link employee IDs for an employee that has changed employee IDs within a facility and will post an updated PBJ policy manual and related information by October 1, 2017 at

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html.

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-17-45.pdf