Infusion fluid settlement

Intravenous news: MSN Money report “Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has reached a $2 million settlement with Baxter International Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of intravenous solutions and products used in delivery of fluids and drugs to patients.

Conway said in a news release that Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter published inflated average prices for its IV solutions, at times exceeding 1,300 percent more than the real price, which caused Kentucky Medicaid to pay substantially more than it should have.”

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