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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INCform10q_09302009.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10 - COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INCexhibit101_09302009.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INCexhibit311_09302009.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INCexhibit312_09302009.htm

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Coventry Health Care, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(2)  

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: November 6, 2009

By: /s/  Allen F. Wise


Allen F. Wise
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
 

By: /s/  Shawn M. Guertin


Shawn M. Guertin
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer