Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 | 11:09 a.m.
Sierra Health Services Inc. of Las Vegas said the U.S. Department of Defense will extend a five-year contract, effective next June, with its subsidiary Sierra Military Health Services Inc.
Sierra Military has managed TRICARE, a military healthcare program for more than 1 million active duty and retired military service members and their dependents since 1998.
It has handled more than 12 million claims in the first four years of the contract.
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