The model, developed by researchers at University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), has already informed decision-making at both the system and government levels.

More than 350 rural hospitals, accounting for $8.3 billion in total patient revenue, are at risk, according to a new analysis.

CMS says the decision will allow insurers and the agency to "focus on patient care," and will last "until after the public health emergency has ended."

A look inside a rural Louisiana hospital on the front lines of a pandemic.

The payment advances, essentially loans that will have to be paid back, were distributed under CMS's Accelerated and Advance Payment Program.