Health Care Chain Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud, Repays $6.5 Million to Texas Mutual

A health care management chain has pleaded guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud and has repaid $6.5 million to Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the insurer announced Tuesday in a release. Nova Healthcare Management, headquartered in Houston, pleaded guilty in the 147th Judicial District Court in Austin. Court documents showed Texas Mutual’s investigation revealed that Nova, also known as Nova Medical Centers, overbilled Texas Mutual for physical therapy by billing group therapy services as one-on-one therapy, which is more expensive. As part of the plea agreement, Nova wit...