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        <footnote id="F1">Grant of 4,500 Restricted Stock Units on 5/28/03, of which 1,500 are now outstanding.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Grant of 15,000 Restricted Stock Units on 7/30/07, of which 15,000 are now outstanding.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Non-qualified stock options which vested 25% on the first four anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Non-qualified stock options which vested 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 8.33% on the 20th month following the grant date, and 8.33% every 4 months thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Non-qualified stock options which vested 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 8.33% on the 20th month following the grant date, and 8.33% every 4 months thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Non-qualified stock options which vested 50% on 3/30/07 and 8.33% every four months thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Non-qualified stock options which vest 50% on the 2nd anniversary of the grant date, and 25% on the 3rd and 4th anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Stock Appreciation Right, which vests 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 8.33% on the 20th month following the grant date, and 8.33% every 4 months thereafter</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Stock Appreciation Right, which vests 25% on the 2nd anniversary of the grant date, 12.5% on the 32nd month following the grant date, and 12.5% every 4 month thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Stock Appreciation Right, which vests 50% on the 3rd anniversary of the grant date, 12.5% on the 45th month following the grant date, then 12.5% every 3 motnhs thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Stock Appreciation Right, which vests 25% on the 1st anniversary of the grant date, 8.33% on the 20th month following the grant date, and 8.33% every 4 motnhs thereafter.</footnote>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Joseph Schohl, James Hilger and Corinna B. Polk the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 (the "Forms") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder;

	2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms and the timely filing of such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any other person; and

	3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

	The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

      This Power of Attorney shall be effective on the date set forth below and shall continue in full force and effect until the date on which the undersigned shall cease to be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder or until such earlier date on which written notification executed by the undersigned is filed with the SEC expressly revoking this Power of Attorney.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of October, 2007.



						/s/ Javier Rodriguez


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