Cambridge Eye Doctors Approved as CIGNA Healthcare Provider.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers HOLLISTON, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--June 6, 2000 Sight Resource Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VISN VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network VISN Virtual Integrated Sky Network (Loral Orion) VISN Visual Interactive Support Network ), a leading provider of primary eye care services and managed vision care programs, today announced that Optometric Providers, Inc., doing business as Cambridge Eye Doctors and Optometric Care, Inc., doing business as Vision World, have been approved as a provider for CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) Healthcare of Massachusetts. CIGNA has approximately 58,000 participants in Massachusetts. William T. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sight Resource Corporation, offered the following comments, "We are delighted to become associated with CIGNA Healthcare of Massachusetts. Our convenient locations, exciting frame and lens products, contact lenses and eye examinations are available in all 23 Cambridge Eye Doctors locations and 7 Vision World locations to service CIGNA's members. We look forward to providing excellent eye care and eyewear to the CIGNA membership." Sight Resource is one of the country's leading providers of primary eye care products and services, including managed vision care programs, operating 130 primary eye care centers in the U.S. The Company provides products and services through an integrated network of opticians, optometrists, and ophthalmologists, affiliated with its primary eye care chains: Cambridge Eye Doctors in Massachusetts and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , E.B. Brown Opticians in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Eyeglass eye·glass n. 1. eyeglasses Glasses for the eyes. 2. A single lens in a pair of glasses; a monocle. 3. See eyepiece. 4. See eyecup. Emporium in Indiana, Kent Optical in Michigan, Shawnee Optical in Pennsylvania and Ohio, Vision Plaza in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Vision World in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. . "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements contained in this news release which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and additional factors affecting the Company's business are described in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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