On Thursday, March 4, 2004, Sierra Health Services, Inc., or Sierra, issued a press release announcing that members of its senior management are scheduled to present at the SG Cowen 24^th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 9, 2004. Sierra's presentations are scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time. Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to a live audio webcast of these presentations over the Internet by visiting the investors' page of our website at www.sierrahealth.com.

Anyone listening to Sierra management presentations will be presumed to have read Sierra's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2002, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended March 31, 2003 and on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003. Listeners should review cautionary statements under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition" and "Results of Operations." Sierra expects to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, by March 8, 2004.

Any statements made or issued that are not historical facts are forward-looking and should be considered in connection with certain cautionary statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2002. Such statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and identify important risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any projected, estimated or forward-looking statements relating to Sierra.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.