text: Based on GAO 's work , HCFA now requires states to investigate serious complaints alleging harm to residents within 10 days , has proposed an expansion of its enforcement programs by subjecting homes with repeated serious deficiencies to immediate sanctions , and has revised the protocols that state surveyors use to inspect nursing homes to better focus the reviews .
  
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  GAO is privately funded by HCFA to write reports about their work .