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Cypress Tech Talk
April 12 2016
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Agenda
■ Cypress v3 features
■ Cypress schedule
■ Cypress Versions
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Cypress V3 features
■ Currently in the Alpha4 release
– C1, C2, C3, C4 – certification features
– Expanded 2015 patient test deck ( > 80% logic coverage)
– API access for all certification types
– Multiple bundle support
■ Upcoming future Alpha releases
– 508 compliance
– Roles and permissions system
– Administration dashboard
– Cypress Validation Utility integration
– Support for 2016 measures (with patient test deck)
– Support for 2016 CMS implementation Guide
■ User suggested features to be added
– HTML export of patients
■ Features under consideration
– Aligning test patients with CMS submission periods
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Cypress v3 Schedule
Description Target Date
Cypress v3 Alpha
w/2015 Bundle
Initial alpha version of Cypress w/certification features for C1-C4
February
Cypress Demo Server Alpha release of Cypress available as VMs and on AHRQ Demo Server
Cypress v2.7.0 Retired Begin use of Cypress v3 Alpha release in place of v2.7.0 for pre-testing
March
Cypress API
API allowing vendors to automate C1-C4 certification operations
(excluding manual review portion of C1)
Cypress Alpha
Comment Period
Closes
Freeze on comments related to major changes in Cypress
functionality April
Multiple Bundle
Support
Support for importing multiple measure bundles (2015 & 2016) into a
single Cypress application
Administration System
Role/Permission system to allow ATLs to deploy public Cypress
applications so vendors can interact directly with Cypress application
during certification May
Cypress Toolbox
Cypress Validation Utility functionality integrated into Cypress including
calculation of Cat I documents
EP/EH Candidate
Bundle
Candidate Bundle for 2017 EP/EH measures for use in Cypress v3 June
2017 CMS IG Support Integration of final 2017 CMS IG Schematron
July
Cypress v3 Cypress v3 + 2017 EP/EH Measure bundle release

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Cypress Versions
Version Dates Measures Supported
V2.6.1 Ongoing – frozen;
only major issues
addressed moving
forward
Measures released in 2014 for the 2015 reporting year
V3 (initial
release)
2/18/16 Measures released in 2015 for the 2016 reporting year
*Note: This version cannot be used for certification
V3 (final
release)
7/28/16 Measures released in 2015 for the 2016 reporting year
Measures released in 2016 for the 2017 reporting year

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OPEN DISCUSSION
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Next Cypress Tech Talk
■ Tuesday April 26th at 1pm EDT
■ Register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/432015307270123
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■ Completed Webinars will be posted on the Cypress Website
on the Timeline Tab.
– http://projectcypress.org/timeline.html
■ Send questions and feedback to the Cypress Talk List at
– project-cypress-talk@googlegroups.com
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