SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES INC
S-8 POS, 1998-12-04
HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 1998.

                                                      Registration No. 33-41542
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    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.
                            CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)


                            Frank E. Collins, Esquire
                                 General Counsel
                          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)

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     By the filing of this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the  registration
statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 33-41542 (the "Registration  Statement")
of Sierra Health Services, Inc. (the "Company"),  the Company hereby deregisters
625,569 shares of Common Stock, $.005 par value per share, the offer and sale of
which  pursuant to the  Company's  Capital  Accumulation  Plan (the "Plan") were
registered  under the  Registration  Statement,  as  originally  filed  with the
Commission  on July 3,  1991.  The  625,569  shares  being  deregistered  hereby
represent all of the remaining unsold shares under the  Registration  Statement,
and are being deregistered in connection with the transfer of such unused shares
to  the   Company's   registration   statement   on  Form   S-8,   being   filed
contemporaneously  herewith,  relating to the 1995 Long-Term  Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated and certain other plans.  All share figures relating to the
Registration  Statement and this Post- Effective Amendment have been adjusted to
include shares which became  issuable under the Plan as a result of stock splits
and stock  dividends or similar  transactions,  since the original filing of the
Registration Statement,  in accordance with the anti-dilution  provisions of the
Plan and Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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                                   Signatures

     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 November 11, 1998.

                                          SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


                                          By:  /s/ Anthony M. Marlon, M.D.
                                          Anthony M. Marlon, M.D.
                                          Chairman of the Board and
                                          Chief Executive Officer


     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.    Chairman of the Board,         November 11, 1998
Anthony M. Marlon, M.D.

  /s/ Erin E. MacDonald         President and Director         November 11, 1998
Erin E. MacDonald

  /s/ Paul H. Palmer            Acting Chief Financial         November 11, 1998
Paul H. Palmer                  Officer (principal financial
                                officer and accounting officer)

  /s/ Thomas Y. Hartley         Director                       November 11, 1998
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Thomas Y. Hartley

  /s/ William J. Raggio         Director                       November 11, 1998
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William J. Raggio

  /s/ Charles L. Ruthe          Director                       November 11, 1998
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Charles L. Ruthe


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