The authors have reported to CHEST that an error appeared in the text in “Optimal NIV Medicare Access Promotion: Patients With OSA; A Technical Expert Panel Report From the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Thoracic Society” (Chest. 2021; 160(5):e409-e417). The error appears in the text of the section “Bilevel PAP for Patients Intolerant of CPAP” on page e413.
The correct text should read:
The current criteria should continue as they provide appropriate coverage to beneficiaries for an E0470 (BPAP without a backup rate capability), when “an E0601 [CPAP] device has been tried and proven ineffective based on a therapeutic trial conducted in either a facility or in a home setting.”3
The online article has been corrected.