Coventry Health Care to Release Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

The conference call will also be webcast from Coventry's Investor Relations website at www.coventryhealthcare.com. Coventry asks participants on both the call and webcast to review and be familiar with its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. A replay of the call will be available for one week at (888) 203-1112 or, for international callers, (719) 457-0820. The access code is 4041240.

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.

SOURCE: Coventry Health Care, Inc.

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