Coventry Health Care Completes Acquisition of Vista Healthplans.Increases Midpoint of 2007 Guidance by $0.02 BETHESDA, Md. -- Coventry Health Care Coventry Health Care, Inc. (Coventry) (NYSE: CVH) is a managed health care company in the United States. On February 8th of 2007 Coventry agreed to acquire Concentra's Workers Compensation Managed Care Services Businesses. External links
See: New York Stock Exchange :CVH CVH Helicopter Carrier CVH Compound-valve-angle Hemispherical Combustion-chamber (Ford cylinder head design and family of engines) CVH Compound Valve Angle Hemispheral Combustion Chamber CVH continuous venous hemodialysis ) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Florida Health Plan Administrators, LLC, owner of Vista Healthplans. Given the timing of the closing of the Vista transaction, Coventry is increasing guidance for 2007 GAAP GAAP See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of to a range of $3.95 to $3.99. Excluding the $0.04 debt refinancing charge incurred during the first quarter, guidance for 2007 diluted earnings per share is a range of $3.99 to $4.03. This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements are defined as statements that are not historical facts and include those statements relating to future events or future financial performance. Actual performance may be significantly impacted by certain risks and uncertainties, including those described in Coventry's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and Coventry's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Coventry undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. 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. |
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