Brendan Flinn, MPH

Senior Policy Advisor

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Home and community-based services, Medicaid, waiver and state plan operations , nursing homes, and family caregiving.

ABOUT

Brendan Flinn is a senior policy advisor at the AARP Public Policy Institute, where he works on long-term services and supports issues, including policy affecting home and community-based services and nursing homes.

Before rejoining AARP in 2021, Flinn was the Director of Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Policy at LeadingAge, where he handled federal and state policy affecting HCBS and the Medicaid program across all settings. Previously, Flinn had worked on HCBS, Medicaid and family caregiving issues at the AARP Public Policy Institute and the Lewin Group’s Center for Aging and Disability Policy.

He holds a master’s of public health in health policy from the George Washington University.

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