Mr. Tande is responsible for the overall financial direction of Scripps Health, overseeing all financial planning and operations for its hospitals, medical groups and health plan, as well as treasury, supply chain, revenue cycle, real estate and construction. A member of the executive team, he has helped the system navigate costly unfunded California mandates and federal Medicaid cuts by partnering with departmental leaders to reduce reliance on high-cost contract traveler nurses, renegotiate commercial payer contracts, procure supplies more cost-effectively and improve revenue cycle performance. These efforts enabled Scripps to generate its second consecutive year of positive financial performance in fiscal 2025, following its best financial performance in more than a decade in fiscal 2024. Mr. Tande has led training classes and grand rounds to educate staff on the link between capital investments and operational performance and has joined federal, state and local forums to advocate on behalf of the system. Before Scripps, he served as senior vice president of finance and CFO for Cottage Health in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he oversaw finance, revenue cycle, supply chain and IT. There, he led a comprehensive restructuring of the balance sheet, and earlier held lead finance roles at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Healthcare and Cadence Health in Winfield, Ill. In 2026, Scripps hospitals appeared on Healthgrades’ list of “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” and the Forbes list of “America’s Top Hospitals,” and the system earned Kodiak Solutions’ “Top Performing Revenue Cycle” recognition.
