Failure to Submit Required Payroll-Based Staffing Data
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to submit the required direct care staffing information for fiscal year 2024, quarter four, as mandated by their Reporting Direct Care Staffing Information (Payroll-Based Journal) policy. The policy requires that complete and accurate staffing data, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable sources, be electronically reported to CMS for each fiscal quarter within 45 days after the quarter ends. Review of records showed that the data for the specified quarter was not submitted. During interviews, the staff member responsible for payroll and human resources was unaware of the missing submission and indicated that the corporate office was responsible for this task. The facility administrator was also unaware that the data had not been submitted.