In June 2019, LPA was awarded a 2019 Excellence in Research Methods Award from the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES) for its report, Medicaid: Evaluating KanCare's Effect on the State's Medicaid Program.  This award is presented to the office or offices that used exemplary research methods in an evaluation or audit report released during a calendar year.  This episode discusses what research methods LPA used to help answer the audit's questions.