Cypress Tech Talk

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Cypress Tech Talk
July 5 2016
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Agenda
■ Cypress Beta 2 Release
■ Cypress Schedule
■ Cypress Versions
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Cypress Beta 2 Release
■ Two candidate bundles (2015 and 2016)
■ Bug fixes
– CYPRESS-674 – Specify valueset information for ordinality and
discharge status
– CYPRESS-676 – Wrong status code for Procedure, Order
– CYPRESS-678 – CVU valueset category validation
– CYPRESS-681 – Cypress exporting deprecated template
– Fix configuration issues with Beta 1 (MongoDB, Permissions)
■ C1 Manual Entry Checklist
– Certification will now require the upload of QRDA Category I files for
the manually entered patients.
– Cypress will inspect uploaded files for data entered in the checklist.
■ Other Release Notes
– Providers supplied for single measure tests to assist in filtering
– 2017 CMS IG not included due to delay in release
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Cypress v3 Schedule
Description Target Date
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
If you plan on certifying using the Cypress API, please contact your ATL ASAP
and let them know your intent.

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OPEN DISCUSSION
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Next Cypress Tech Talk
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– http://projectcypress.org/timeline.html
■ Send questions and feedback to the Cypress Talk List at
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