Long term care
PBJ File Validator
Review a Payroll Based Journal CSV export for required staffing fields, date and hour structure, duplicate rows, and daily hour limits.
Your inputs
Live result
A PBJ structural validation report before submission
Complete the inputs to generate a result. You will see the useful answer before we ask for contact information.
Practical guide
How the PBJ File Validator works.
PBJ File Validator helps a workforce team produce a pbj structural validation report before submission. This is a preparation aid, not an official CMS validation or submission service.
Use the result as a structured analysis that can be reviewed before a manager changes a schedule, record, workflow, or downstream system. The visible assumptions make the output easier to challenge than an undocumented spreadsheet or manual estimate.
Check required structure
Review whether staffing rows contain identifiers, dates, job codes, and hours.
Find obvious submission risks
Surface duplicate rows, missing values, invalid hours, and daily totals above the configured review threshold.
Create a correction list
Download a concise report for payroll, nursing administration, and submission owners.
Worked example
Start with a representative workforce input, review the result produced by PBJ File Validator, and test one changed assumption before using the output in an operating decision. Keep the source file or values available so another reviewer can reproduce the result.
Check before use
- Use current source data and resolve incomplete fields.
- Confirm the assumptions with the owner of the operating process.
- Treat the output as a review artifact until an authorized person approves the next action.
Why this tool exists
Make the pbj file review easier to review.
This is a preparation aid, not an official CMS validation or submission service.
Check required structure
Review whether staffing rows contain identifiers, dates, job codes, and hours.
Find obvious submission risks
Surface duplicate rows, missing values, invalid hours, and daily totals above the configured review threshold.
Create a correction list
Download a concise report for payroll, nursing administration, and submission owners.
How it works
From input to an operating decision.
- 1Upload a PBJ preparation file
- 2Review structural findings
- 3Correct the source before official validation
Common questions
Does this submit data to CMS?
No. It only reviews the uploaded file. Use the official CMS process and current PBJ specifications for validation and submission.
Is a clean result guaranteed to pass CMS validation?
No. Official specifications include requirements that cannot be confirmed through a simple CSV structure check.
What should I prepare before using PBJ File Validator?
Bring the source file described in the tool and confirm the period, workforce group, and operating decision you want the result to support.
Does Teambridge store the uploaded source file?
The public tool does not save the uploaded source file. A lead record is created only when a visitor chooses an export and submits an email address.
Put the result into operation
The report is the starting point. The workflow is where the value appears.
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