2008-05-16 00:59:57 -

- Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH) announced today that Shawn Guertin, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the Citi Healthcare Conference in New York, New York at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The public may access a live webcast of the presentation and accompanying slides on the Investor Relations page of Coventry's website at www.cvty.com.

A replay will be available at the same website following the presentation until Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

Coventry Health Care (www.cvty.com) is a diversified national managed healthcare company based in Bethesda, Maryland, operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental and workers' compensation services companies. Through its Commercial Business, Individual Consumer & Government Business, and Specialty Business divisions, Coventry provides a full range of risk and fee-based managed care products and services to a broad cross section of individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators.

Coventry Health Care, Inc.
Shawn M. Guertin
Chief Financial Officer
301-581-5701
or
Drew Asher
Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance
301-581-5717