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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;2, 2002.  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NEVADA<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>88-0200415<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2724 North Tenaya Way<BR>
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1985 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Frank E. Collins, Esquire<BR>
Senior Vice President, Legal and Administration<BR>
Sierra Health Services,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
2724 North Tenaya Way<BR>
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128<BR>
(702)&nbsp;242-7000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.005 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>900,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$21.86(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$19,674,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,810.01(3)</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
registration statement (the "Registration Statement") registers the offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock of Sierra Health Services,&nbsp;Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), which may be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), the
number of shares being registered shall be adjusted to include any additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with
the anti-dilution provisions of each Plan. Attached to the Common Stock are certain rights to purchase Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock upon the occurrence of specified
events.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the reported high
and low sales prices for shares of Common Stock on June&nbsp;28, 2002, as reported on the composite tape for New York Stock Exchange-listed securities.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as follows: $92 per $1&nbsp;million of proposed maximum aggregate offering price. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  <BR>    INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to an amendment to the Sierra Health Services,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") Amended and Restated 1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), the
number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share, reserved and available for issuance has been increased by 900,000 shares. The registrant previously registered an aggregate of 4,173,150
shares of Common Stock, including 1,250,000 shares to be offered and sold under the Plan, 2,673,150 shares to be offered and sold under the Company's 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated, and 250,000 shares to be offered and sold under the Company's 1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan, as amended and restated, pursuant to a Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;27, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-42394). </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
contents of such Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-42394) are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on July&nbsp;2, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Anthony M. Marlon, M.D. and Paul H. Palmer and each of them as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL H. PALMER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul H. Palmer</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (principal financial officer and accounting officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ERIN E. MACDONALD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Erin E. MacDonald</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM J. RAGGIO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William J. Raggio</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES L. RUTHE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles L. Ruthe</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ANTHONY L. WATSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Anthony L. Watson</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL E. LUCE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael E. Luce</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2002.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
88-0200415
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2724 North Tenaya Way
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1985 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Frank E. Collins, Esquire
Senior Vice President, Legal and Administration
Sierra Health Services, Inc.
2724 North Tenaya Way
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
(702) 242-7000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered(1)
Amount to
be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.005 par value
900,000 shares
$21.86(2)
$19,674,000
$1,810.01(3)
(1)
This
registration statement (the "Registration Statement") registers the offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock of Sierra Health Services, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), which may be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the
number of shares being registered shall be adjusted to include any additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with
the anti-dilution provisions of each Plan. Attached to the Common Stock are certain rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock upon the occurrence of specified
events.
(2)
Estimated
pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the reported high
and low sales prices for shares of Common Stock on June 28, 2002, as reported on the composite tape for New York Stock Exchange-listed securities.
(3)
Calculated
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as follows: $92 per $1 million of proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
PART I
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Pursuant to an amendment to the Sierra Health Services, Inc. (the "Company") Amended and Restated 1985 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), the
number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share, reserved and available for issuance has been increased by 900,000 shares. The registrant previously registered an aggregate of 4,173,150
shares of Common Stock, including 1,250,000 shares to be offered and sold under the Plan, 2,673,150 shares to be offered and sold under the Company's 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated, and 250,000 shares to be offered and sold under the Company's 1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan, as amended and restated, pursuant to a Registration Statement
on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2000 (File No. 333-42394).
The
contents of such Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-42394) are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 2, 2002.
SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/
ANTHONY M. MARLON, M.D.
Anthony M. Marlon, M.D.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Anthony M. Marlon, M.D. and Paul H. Palmer and each of them as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/
ANTHONY M. MARLON, M.D.
Anthony M. Marlon, M.D.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (principal executive officer)
July 2, 2002
/s/
PAUL H. PALMER
Paul H. Palmer
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (principal financial officer and accounting officer)
July 2, 2002
/s/
ERIN E. MACDONALD
Erin E. MacDonald
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
THOMAS Y. HARTLEY
Thomas Y. Hartley
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
WILLIAM J. RAGGIO
William J. Raggio
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
CHARLES L. RUTHE
Charles L. Ruthe
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
ANTHONY L. WATSON
Anthony L. Watson
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
ALBERT L. GREENE
Albert L. Greene
Director
July 2, 2002
/s/
MICHAEL E. LUCE
Michael E. Luce
Director
July 2, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
Sequentially
Numbered Page
5
Opinion of Frank E. Collins, Esq., with respect to the legality of securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Frank E. Collins, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).
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