Coventry Health Care Announces Addition of Mike Burke to Medicare Leadership Team

"Coventry continues to focus on growth avenues such as Medicareand we are very pleased to have recruited someone of Mike's caliber toour Medicare leadership team," said Fran Soistman, Coventry ExecutiveVice President. "Mike has strong experience in Senior marketdistribution and a demonstrated track record of building solidpartnerships in a market of ever-changing alliances."

Coventry Health Care is a national managed health care companybased in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurancecompanies, network rental/managed care and workers' compensationservices companies. Coventry provides a full range of risk andfee-based managed care products and services, including HMO, PPO, POS,Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Medicaid,Workers' Compensation services and Network Rental to a broad crosssection of individuals, employer and government-funded groups,government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administratorsin all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.More information is available on the Internet at www.cvty.com andwww.firsthealth.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, madepursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to future events or futurefinancial performance. Actual performance may be significantlyimpacted by certain risks and uncertainties, including those describedin Coventry's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December31, 2005.