McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center’s private equity owners want to make the Springfield hospital part of a new nonprofit company.
As part of that deal, corporate executives want Lane County commissioners to approve the issuance of $179 million in tax-exempt bonds as part of a complex financial and corporate debt restructuring. The approval would not require Lane County to pay anything for the bonds, but the decision could play a role in the future of the 113-bed hospital in Lane County for years to come…