Andy McMahon

Andy McMahon is the Vice President of Health and Human Services Policy at UnitedHealthcare Community & State. UnitedHealthcare Community & State proudly serves nearly 6.4 million Medicaid members in 31 states, plus Washington D.C. UnitedHealthcare is a division of UnitedHealth Group, a health and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone.


In his current role, Andy focuses on integrating and collaborating across an array of public systems to provide better care at lower costs for populations with complex health needs. Andy works with UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid managed care plans and the myConnections™ team, employing a multi-pronged strategy including policy/systems reform, partnership building, impact investments, and data analytics to better support our members. Andy’s programmatic portfolio includes work in affordable and supportive housing, human services, justice-involved populations and child welfare.


Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, Andy worked at the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) for 15 years, most recently as the Vice President for Policy and External Affairs. At CSH, Andy led an array of national, state, and local efforts to align systems and integrate resources to create supportive housing opportunities for vulnerable populations. Andy also led CSH's work to develop Pay for Success and impact investing models for supportive housing.


Prior to CSH, Andy held positions in both state and local government, as a lobbyist for state housing and community development agencies in Washington, D.C., and helped found and was the first executive director of a non-profit housing organization in Minnesota.