BETHESDA, Md. (June 12, 2012) - Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH) announced today that Randy Giles, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the Wells Fargo Securities Healthcare Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, at 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.  

The public may access a live webcast of the presentation on the Investor Relations page of Coventry's website at www.coventryhealthcare.com.  A replay of the presentation will be available at the same website following the presentation until Tuesday, June 26, 2012.

Coventry Health Care (www.coventryhealthcare.com) is a diversified national managed healthcare company based in Bethesda, Maryland, operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental and workers' compensation services companies.  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.

Contact:

Randy Giles
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
(301) 581-5687

Drew Asher
SVP, Corporate Finance
(301) 581-5717


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