Sierra Health Reports Improved Performance

Sierra Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: SIE), Las Vegas, NV, reported that income for the first quarter ending March 31, 2001 was $3.2 million or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to $1.6 million or $0.06 per diluted share, including charges, for the same period in 2000. Revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were $349 million, a 13% increase over the $308 million reported in the same period in 2000, exclusive of the company's Houston operations which were sold in the fourth quarter of 2000. According to First Call, analysts had expected the company to post an average first quarter earnings per sh...