Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
MOORHEAD RODMAN
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC [CVH]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3405 NORTH PINES WAY
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/07/2013
(Street)

WILSON, WY 83014
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/07/2013   D   5,858 D (1) 0 D  
Common Stock 05/07/2013   D   1,636 D (2) 0 I Indirect
Common Stock 05/07/2013   D   1,050 D (3) 0 I by Trust
Common Stock Restricted 05/07/2013   D   6,455 D (4) 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) $ 26.4 05/07/2013   D     14,115 04/01/2011(5) 01/01/2021 Common Stock 14,115 $ 0 0 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) $ 30.37 05/07/2013   D     15,285 04/01/2012(6) 01/01/2022 Common Stock 15,285 $ 0 0 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) $ 44.83 05/07/2013   D     5,018 04/01/2013(7) 01/01/2023 Common Stock 5,018 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
MOORHEAD RODMAN
3405 NORTH PINES WAY
WILSON, WY 83014
  X      

Signatures

 Shirley R. Smith on behalf of Rodman W. Moorhead, III by Power of Attorney   05/08/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Common stock of Coventry Health Care, Inc. (The Company) disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 19, 2012, as amended, among Aetna Inc. (Aetna), the Company and Jaguar Merger Subsidiary, Inc. (the Merger Agreement). Each share of the Company's common stock was exchanged for $27.30 in cash and .3885 share of Aetna common stock. The shares of Aetna common stock received pursuant to the Merger Agreement have a market value of $57.93, which was calculated by taking the average of the volume weighted average of the trading prices for Aetna's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for each of the five trading days ending on the trading day that is two trade days prior to the completion of the merger (the Aetna Stock Price).
(2) Common stock of the Company held indirectly by the reporting person disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Each share of the Company's common stock was exchanged for $27.30 in cash and .3885 share of Aetna common stock valued at the Aetna Stock Price.
(3) Common stock of the Company held in trust for the benefit of reporting person's children and disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Each share of the Company's common stock was exchanged for $27.30 in cash and .3885 share of Aetna common stock valued at the Aetna Stock Price.
(4) Restricted common stock, with all restrictions lapsed, of the Company disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Each share of the Company's common stock was exchanged for $27.30 in cash and .3885 share of Aetna common stock valued at the Aetna Stock Price.
(5) This option, which provided for vesting in equal quarterly installments over a one-year period beginning April 1, 2011, was cancelled pursuant to the Merger Agreement and was exchanged for a cash payment representing the product of (A) the excess of (1) the sum of (x) $27.30 plus (y) the value equal to the product of the Aetna Stock Price ($57.93) multiplied by .3885 (which sum of the amounts in clauses (x) and (y) equals $49.80 and is referred to as the Equity Award Cash Consideration) over (2) the exercise price of the option and (B) the total number of shares of Company common stock subject to the option.
(6) This option, which provided for vesting in equal quarterly installments over a one-year period beginning April 1, 2012, was cancelled pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for a cash payment representing the product of (A) the excess of (1) the Equity Award Cash Consideration over (2) the exercise price of the option and (B) the total number of shares of Company common stock subject to the option.
(7) Represents restricted stock units, which were cancelled pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for a cash payment representing the product of (A) the Equity Award Cash Consideration and (B) the number of shares of Company common stock underlying the restricted stock units.

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