Coventry Health Care News

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.48 or 1.1 percent, to $46.18. Cigna Corp.

Microsoft Corporation : Barclays raised Microsoft 2013 earnings estimates ahead of the Windows 8 launch later this year and Office 15 expected in Q1 2013.

Coventry Health Care Inc. A posted a decrease in profit as revenue declined.A Net income for the health care plans company fell to $85.7 million vs.

Coventry Health Care 's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks Investment Research in a report issued on Thursday.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.43 or 1.0 percent, to $45.14. Cigna Corp.

S&P 500 component Coventry Health Care Inc. posted a decrease in profit as revenue declined.

Coventry Health Care Inc posted a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as the insurer's medical claim costs rose.

Aetna Inc. A reported its results for the fourth quarter.A Net income for Aetna Inc.

Coventry Health Care Inc. has extended CEO Allen Wise's contract for two years, securing his services through Dec.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Aetna fell $.14 or .3 percent, to $43.98. Cigna Corp.

Coventry Health Care 's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by investment analysts at Goldman Sachs in a note issued to investors on Friday.

Coventry Health Care is expected to report poor fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 with analysts expecting a 33.3% drop in earnings from a year ago.

S&P 500 component Coventry Health Care, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

Complaints about the state's new Medicaid managed care system boiled over Wednesday at a legislative meeting, where a top Medicaid official acknowledged major problems since the state hired three outside companies to provide services.

Aetna, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for net income of 98 cents per share, a rise of 55.6% from the company's actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies are up at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.49 or 1.1 percent, to $44.51. Cigna Corp.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.82 or 1.9 percent, to $43.43. Cigna Corp.

Humana Inc. , the second-largest Medicare provider, is willing to spend $1 billion for deals that would enable the company to expand in the U.S. government program, Chief Executive Officer Michael McCallister said.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Aetna fell $.19 or .4 percent, to $42.58. Cigna Corp.

"Bringing someone to the helm with Peterson's unique set of leadership skills, his knowledge of rural and urban health care in Kansas and a history of building relationships with doctors is perfect for Stormont-Vail," said SueAnn Schultz , chair of Stormont's board of directors, in a news release.