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Cypress Tech Talk
April 26 2016
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Agenda
■ Cypress v3 features
■ API Discussion
■ 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)
■ User suggested features
– HTML export of patients
– Aligning test patients with CMS submission periods
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API Discussion
■ The Machine-to-Machine API was one of the most requested
features for Cypress 3
– We’d like to know how close we got to the mark
■ Has any one work with the API?
– Either personally, or someone on their development team
■ If so, we’d love to hear feedback
– On this call, or project-cypress-talk@googlegroups.com
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Cypress v3 Schedule
Description Target Date
Cypress Alpha
Comment Period
Closes
Freeze on comments related to major changes in Cypress
functionality
April
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
June
EP/EH Candidate
Bundle
Candidate Bundle for 2017 EP/EH measures for use in Cypress v3
2017 CMS IG Support* Integration of final 2017 CMS IG Schematron
July
Cypress v3 Cypress v3 + 2017 EP/EH Measure bundle release
*Tentative: Depends on release date of 2017 CMS IG

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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 May 10th at 1pm EDT
■ Register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/811036427773075
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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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