CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC /DE/
S-3, 1994-06-08
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               As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
          8, 1994.
                                               Registration No. 33-        
                                      Exhibit Index follows signature page.

                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                       FORM S-3
                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                      Delaware                             51-0287965      
          (State or other jurisdiction                 (I.R.S. Employer    
          of incorporation or organization)             Identification No.)

                      600 Wilson Lane                     717-790-8300     
                    Post Office Box 715             (Registrant's telephone
              Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055             number)        
          (Address of principal executive offices)

                   David G. Nation, Esq.
          Senior Vice President and General Counsel
               Continental Medical Systems, Inc.            717-790-8300   
                 600 Wilson Lane, P.O. Box 715           (Agent's telephone
               Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055               number)     
                     (Agent for Service)

                     Please send copies of all communications to:
                                David G. Nation, Esq.
                          Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
                            P.O. Box 715, 600 Wilson Lane
                               Mechanicsburg, PA  17055

          Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: 
          From time to time after the effective date of this Registration
          Statement as determined by market conditions and other factors.

               If the only securities being registered on this form are
          being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment
          plans, please check the following box.  [  ]

               If any of the securities being registered on this form are
          to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule
          415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities
          offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment
          plans, check the following box.  [x] 



                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                       Proposed
                                        Maximum
                                       Offering     Proposed      Amount
                                         Price       Maximum       of 
             Title of                     Per       Aggregate    Registra
           shares to be  Amount to be    Share      Offering      -tion
            registered    Registered      (1)       Price (1)      Fee

           Common Stock     647,500      $9.75    $6,313,125.00 $2,176.94

          (1)  Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c).

                    The registrant hereby amends this registration
          statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its
          effective date until the registrant shall file a further
          amendment which specifically states that this registration
          statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
          Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the
          registration statement shall become effective on such date as the
          Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. 


                         SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 8, 1994

                                       647,500
                                      Shares of
                                     Common Stock
                                          of
                          CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

                    This Prospectus relates to 647,500 shares of Common
          Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Continental
          Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") that are being offered for
          sale, from time to time, by or for the account of the
          stockholders named herein (the "Selling Stockholders").  See
          "Selling Stockholders."  The Company has been advised that the
          Selling Stockholders expect to offer the Shares on the New York
          Stock Exchange ("NYSE") through certain broker-dealers.  See
          "Plan of Distribution."  The Company will not receive any of the
          proceeds of the offering.

                    The Selling Stockholders will bear all discounts and
          commissions paid to broker-dealers in connection with the sale of
          the Shares and the fees and expenses of any counsel and other
          advisers that the Selling Stockholders may employ to represent
          them in this offering.  Other offering expenses, estimated at
          approximately $7,000, will be borne by the Company.  See "Selling
          Stockholders."

                    The closing price of the Company's shares of Common
          Stock on June 7, 1994 on the NYSE was $9.75 per share.

                    The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
          Stockholders against certain liabilities, including liabilities
          under the Securities Act of 1933.  See "Selling Stockholders."

          INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR
          AMENDMENT.  A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES
          HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. 
          THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE
          ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
          EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
          OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY
          SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,
          SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR
          QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.
                                      
          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED
          UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY
          REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
                                                       

                     The date of this Prospectus is June 8, 1994. 


                                AVAILABLE INFORMATION


               The Company is subject to the informational requirements of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and in
          accordance therewith files reports and other information with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  Such reports, proxy
          statements and other information filed by the Company can be
          inspected and copied at the public reference facilities
          maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
          Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as at the following
          SEC Regional Offices: 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York,
          New York 10048; and Northwestern Atrium Center, Suite 1400, 500
          West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60621-2511.  Copies can be
          obtained from the SEC by mail at prescribed rates.  Requests
          should be directed to the Public Reference Section of the SEC,
          Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
          D.C. 20549.  The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the New
          York Stock Exchange, and such material should also be available
          for inspection at the library of the New York Stock Exchange, 20
          Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

                    The Company will provide without charge to each person,
          including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus
          has been delivered, on the written or oral request of any such
          person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to under
          "Documents Incorporated by Reference" which have been
          incorporated in this Prospectus by reference, other than exhibits
          to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically
          incorporated by reference into the information that this
          Prospectus incorporates).  Requests for such copies should be
          directed to the General Counsel of Continental Medical Systems,
          Inc., 600 Wilson Lane, Post Office Box 715, Mechanicsburg,
          Pennsylvania 17055.  Telephone requests may be directed to (717)
          790-8300.

                                     THE COMPANY

                    Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (together with its
          various direct and indirect subsidiaries, the "Company") is one
          of the largest providers of comprehensive medical rehabilitation
          programs and services in the country.  The Company has a
          significant presence in each of the rehabilitation industry's
          three principal sectors - inpatient rehabilitation care,
          outpatient rehabilitation care and contract services.  The
          Company has developed and provides comprehensive inpatient and
          outpatient rehabilitation programs and services for patients
          suffering from stroke and other neurological and cardiac
          disorders, orthopedic problems, head injuries, spinal cord
          injuries, work-related disabilities and multiple trauma.  The
          Company's inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs and
          services are delivered to patients through a plan of treatment
          developed by an interdisciplinary team that includes physician
          specialists, therapists and other medical personnel as determined
          by the individual patient's needs.

                    The Company currently operates inpatient rehabilitation
          hospitals, provides outpatient rehabilitation services and
          manages inpatient rehabilitation units for general acute care
          hospitals.  These services are currently provided in 21 states. 
          In addition, the Company's Contract Services Group currently
          provides physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapy
          services in 33 states and physician/locum tenens services in all
          50 states.

                    The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1985 and
          commenced operations in March 1986.  The address of its principal
          executive office is 600 Wilson Lane, Post Office Box 715,
          Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.  Its telephone number is (717)
          790-8300.


                                   USE OF PROCEEDS

                    The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from
          the sale of the Shares offered by this Prospectus.


                                 SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

                    The Selling Stockholders acquired the Shares being
          registered hereunder in March 1994 in connection with the
          Company's acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of
          Medical Management Associates, Inc. ("MMA") owned by H. Ted
          Levenson, M. Patricia Duggan and Gary Berry, M.D. (the "Selling
          Stockholders"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
          Reorganization among MMA, the Company and the Selling
          Stockholders.  The Company is registering the Shares offered
          hereby under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
          "Securities Act"), pursuant to its agreement to do so under the
          Agreement.  

                    The following table sets forth, as of April 30, 1994,
          certain information with respect to the Selling Stockholders.

                                        Number of
                                        Shares Owned        Number of
          Name and address of           Prior to the        Shares being
          Selling Stockholder           Offering (1)        Offered (1)  

          H. Ted Levenson               267,931            
          Medical Management 
          Associates, Inc.
          1400 W. Hillcrest Drive
          Newbury Park, CA  91320

          M. Patricia Duggan            267,931             267,931
          Medical Management
          Associates, Inc.
          1400 W. Hillcrest Drive
          Newbury Park, CA  91320

          Gary Berry, M.D.              111,638             111,638
          1635 Folkstone Terrace
          Westlake Village, CA  91361
                                        _________________________

          (1)  Fifteen percent of the shares of Common Stock of the Company
               owned by each of the Selling Stockholders shown in this
               column were placed in escrow (the "Escrow Shares") at the
               closing under the Agreement.  The Escrow Shares may not be
               sold or otherwise transferred by the Selling Stockholders
               unless and until the Escrow Shares are released from escrow
               to the Selling Stockholders in accordance with the terms of
               the Agreement and the escrow agreement executed in
               connection therewith.

                    Assuming that all Shares registered hereunder are sold
          in the offering, the Selling Stockholders will not, based on
          their respective holdings as of the date this Prospectus, own any
          shares of the Company's Common Stock following the completion of
          the offering.

                    Under the Agreement, all offering expenses are borne by
          the Company, except the fees and expenses of any counsel and
          other advisers that the Selling Stockholders may employ to
          represent them in connection with the offering and all brokerage
          discounts or commissions paid to broker-dealers in connection
          with the sale of the Shares.

                    The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to
          indemnify each other against certain liabilities in connection
          with the offering of the Shares, including liabilities arising
          under the Securities Act.

                                 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

                    The Shares are being offered by the Selling
          Stockholders acting as principals for their own accounts. 
          Pursuant to the Agreement, the Selling Stockholders will offer
          the Shares from time to time on the NYSE through broker-dealer
          firms.  Such broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form
          of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling
          Stockholders for whom they may act as agent in such transactions. 
          The Selling Stockholders will bear all discounts, concessions and
          commissions incurred by them in the sale of the Shares.  The
          Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers that participate in
          the distribution of Shares offered hereby may be deemed to be
          underwriters under the Securities Act, and any profit on the sale
          of such securities by them, and any discounts, concessions or
          commissions received by any such broker-dealers, might be deemed
          to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities
          Act.

                                       EXPERTS

                    The Company's consolidated financial statements as of
          June 30, 1992 and 1993 and for each of the three years in the
          period ended June 30, 1993 incorporated by reference into this
          Prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
          Price Waterhouse, independent accountants, given on the authority
          of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

                                    LEGAL MATTERS

                    The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common
          Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by
          Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  William M.
          Goldstein, a director of the Company, is a partner of Drinker
          Biddle & Reath.  Mr. Goldstein holds of record 47,500 shares of
          the Company's Common Stock and options granted under the
          Company's 1989 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan to
          purchase an additional 11,250 shares.

                         DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

                    There are hereby incorporated by reference into this
          Prospectus the following documents heretofore filed by the
          Company with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act: 

                    1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
          fiscal year ended June 30, 1993;

                    2.   The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
          the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 1993, December 31, 1993
          and March 31, 1994;

                    3.   A Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 1994
          (containing the text of a press release describing the Company's
          restructuring plan);

                    4.   A Current Report on Form 8-K, as amended by a
          Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on January 25, 1994 and
          January 28, 1994, respectively (describing a change in the
          Company's independent accountants);

                    5.   A Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 18,
          1991 (containing a description of the Company's Shareholders'
          Rights Plan), as amended by Form 8 filed on April 17, 1991
          (further describing the Company's Shareholders' Rights Plan); and

                    6.   The Form 8-A of the Company filed on June 17, 1991
          (registering the Company's Common Stock and the rights issuable
          pursuant to the Company's Shareholders' Rights Plan and
          containing a description of the Company's Common Stock ).

                    All documents hereafter filed by the Company pursuant
          to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior
          to the termination of the offering of the Shares offered hereby
          shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
          Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
          such reports.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated
          or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
          to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to
          the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
          subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
          incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
          statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
          deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
          of this Prospectus.


                                       PART II

                        INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


          Item A.   Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

                    SEC Registration Fee      $2,265.00

                    Legal Services*            1,000.00

                    Accounting Services*       3,600.00

                    Miscellaneous*               135.00
                                              _________
                    TOTAL*                    $7,000.00 
                    __________
                    *Estimated

                    All expenses of issuance and distribution listed above
          will be borne by the Company.  The costs of fees and expenses of
          legal counsel and other advisors, if any, that the Selling
          Stockholders employ in connection with the offering will be borne
          by the Selling Stockholders.

          Item B.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

                    Article NINTH of the Company's Restated Certificate of
          Incorporation provides as follows:

                    A director of the Corporation shall have no personal
               liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for
               monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a
               director except to the extent that Section 102(b)(7) (or any
               successor provision) of the Delaware General Corporation
               Law, as amended from time to time, expressly provides that
               the liability of a director may not be eliminated or
               limited.

                    Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
          permits indemnification of officers and directors in certain
          circumstances.

                    Article 4 of the Company's by-laws provides as follows:

                    Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
               made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
               suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
               or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is
               or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or
               was serving while a director or officer of the Corporation
               at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
               employee, agent, fiduciary or other representative of
               another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
               employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be
               indemnified by the Corporation against expenses (including
               attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, excise taxes and amounts
               paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
               person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to
               the full extent permissible under Delaware law.

          Item C.   Exhibits.         

                       4.1    Rights agreement, dated     Incorporated by
                              as of March 11, 1991,       reference to
                              between Continental         Exhibit 4.1 of
                              Medical Systems, Inc. and   the Company's
                              Security Trust Company,     Current Report on
                              N.A.                        Form 8-K (File
                                                          No. 0-15088),
                                                          filed on
                                                          March 18, 1991,
                                                          as amended by
                                                          Form 8 filed on
                                                          April 17, 1991


                       4.2    Restated Certificate of     Incorporated by
                              Incorporation, as           reference from
                              amended.                    the Company's
                                                          Registration
                                                          Statement on Form
                                                          S-4 (File No. 33-
                                                          60004/22-23996),
                                                          filed with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          March 24, 1993.

                       4.3    Certificate of Amendment    Incorporated by
                              of Restated Certificate     reference from
                              of Incorporation.           the Company's
                                                          Report on Form
                                                          10-K (File No.
                                                          0-15088), filed
                                                          with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          September 25,
                                                          1992.

                       4.4    By-Laws, as amended.        Incorporated by
                                                          reference from
                                                          the Company's
                                                          Report on Form
                                                          10-K (File No.
                                                          0-15088), filed
                                                          with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          September 25,
                                                          1992.

                       5      Opinion of Counsel to the
                              Registrant

                       23.1   Consent of Price
                              Waterhouse, independent
                              accountants

                       23.2   Consent of Counsel to the   Included in
                              Registrant                  Opinion of
                                                          Counsel listed as
                                                          Exhibit 5 hereof

                       24     Powers of Attorney of
                              Directors

          Item D.   Undertakings.              

                    (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                         (1)  to file, during any period in which offers or
          sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
          Registration Statement:  (i) to include any prospectus required
          by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the
          prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
          of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
          amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
          represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
          the Registration Statement; (iii) to include any material
          information with respect to the plan of distribution not
          previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
          material change to such information in the Registration
          Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
          (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
          included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
          contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
          Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

                         (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any
          liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
          amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
          relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
          such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
          bona fide offering thereof.

                         (3)  To remove from registration by means of a
          post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
          which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

                    (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
          for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
          Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
          Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
          deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
          securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
          at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering 
          thereof.

                    (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
          under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
          and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
          foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
          advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
          Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
          expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. 
          In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
          liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
          the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
          proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
          person in connection with the securities being registered, the
          Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
          appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
          indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
          the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
          of such issue.


                                      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 the requirements for filing on Form S-3
          and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
          its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
          City of Mechanicsburg, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 8th
          day of June, 1994.
                                        CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.


                                        By:/s/ Robert A. Ortenzio
                                           Robert A. Ortenzio, President

                    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
          1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on June 8, 1994
          by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

                                        /s/ Rocco A. Ortenzio    
                                        Rocco A. Ortenzio, Chairman
                                        and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Principal Executive Officer) 

                                        /s/ Robert A. Ortenzio
                                        Robert A. Ortenzio, Director,
                                        Chief Operating Officer and
                                        President

                                        /s/ Dennis L. Lehman
                                        Dennis L. Lehman, Senior Vice
                                        President and Chief Financial
                                        Officer (Principal Financial and
                                        Accounting Officer)

                                        * Russell L. Carson
                                        Russell L. Carson, Director

                                        * Bryan C. Cressey
                                        Bryan C. Cressey, Director

                                        * Frank DeFazio
                                        Frank DeFazio, Director

                                        * William M. Goldstein
                                        William M. Goldstein, Director

                                        * LeRoy S. Zimmerman
                                        LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Director

                                        */s/ Robert A. Ortenzio

                                        Robert A. Ortenzio
                                        Attorney-in-Fact


                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


          Exhibit        Title                           Page No.
          No.       

          4.1            Rights Agreement, dated as      Incorporated by
                         of March 11, 1991, between      reference to
                         Continental Medical             Exhibit 4.1 of the
                         Systems, Inc. and Security      Company's Current
                         Trust Company, N.A.             Report on Form 8-K
                                                         field on March 18,
                                                         1991, as amended
                                                         by Form 8 filed on
                                                         April 17, 1991

          4.2            Restated Certificate of         Incorporated by
                         Incorporation, as amended.      reference from the
                                                         Company's
                                                         Registration
                                                         Statement on Form
                                                         S-4 (File No. 33-
                                                         60004/22-23996),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         March 24, 1993.

          4.3            Certificate of Amendment        Incorporated by
                         of Restated Certificate of      reference from the
                         Incorporation.                  Company's Report
                                                         on Form 10-K (File
                                                         No. 0-15088),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         September 25,
                                                         1992.

          4.4            By-Laws, as amended.            Incorporated by
                                                         reference from the
                                                         Company's Report
                                                         on Form 10-K (File
                                                         No. 0-15088),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         September 25,
                                                         1992.


          5              Opinion of Counsel to the
                         Registrant

          23.1           Consent of Price
                         Waterhouse, independent
                         accountants

          23.2           Consent of Counsel to the       Included in
                         Registrant                      Opinion of Counsel
                                                         listed as Exhibit
                                                         5 hereof.

          24             Powers of Attorney of
                         Directors


                                      EXHIBIT 5

                                     June 3, 1994

          Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
          600 Wilson Lane
          P.O. Box 715
          Mechanicsburg, PA  17055

          Ladies and Gentlemen:

               We have acted as counsel to Continental Medical Systems,
          Inc. (the "Company") in connection with the preparation and
          filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a
          Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement")
          registering 647,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
          "Shares").  In that capacity, we have examined originals or
          copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of
          certain documents relating to the transaction pursuant to which
          the Shares were issued, the Company's Restated Certificate of
          Incorporation, as amended, resolutions of its Board of Directors,
          and such other documents and corporate records as we deemed
          relevant for the purposes of giving this opinion.

               Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
          Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-
          assessable by the Company.

               We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
          exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our
          firm in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. 
          This consent pertains solely to the filing of this opinion and
          does not constitute a consent under Section 7 of the Securities
          Act of 1933, as amended, as we have not certified any part of the
          Registration Statement and do not otherwise come within the
          categories of persons whose consent is required under Section 7.

                                   Very truly yours,


                                /s/ DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH 


                                     EXHIBIT 23.1

                          Consent of Independent Accountants

          We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
          Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on
          Form S-3 of our report dated August 10, 1993, which appears on
          page 37 of the 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders of Continental
          Medical Systems, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended June 30, 1993.  We also consent to the
          incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
          Statement Schedules, which appears on page 34 of such Annual
          Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent to the reference to us
          under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.


          PRICE WATERHOUSE
          Philadelphia, PA
          June 6, 1994 


                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does
          hereby constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A.
          Ortenzio, or either of them, his attorney to do any and all acts
          which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to enable
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to comply with
          the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
          rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
          Act of 647,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be
          offered, from time to time, by or for the account of the former
          stockholders of Medical Management Associates, Inc., with, but
          not limited to, the power and authority to sign in the name and
          on the behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities in
          which the signature of the undersigned would be appropriate, a
          registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments,
          including post-effective amendments thereto, for filing with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with respect to
          such shares, and generally to do and perform all things necessary
          to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
          respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
          hand and seal this 8th day of June, 1994.
                                                                          
                                        /s/ Russell L. Carson 


                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does
          hereby constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A.
          Ortenzio, or either of them, his attorney to do any and all acts
          which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to enable
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to comply with
          the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
          rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
          Act of 647,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be
          offered, from time to time, by or for the account of the former
          stockholders of Medical Management Associates, Inc., with, but
          not limited to, the power and authority to sign in the name and
          on the behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities in
          which the signature of the undersigned would be appropriate, a
          registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments,
          including post-effective amendments thereto, for filing with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with respect to
          such shares, and generally to do and perform all things necessary
          to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
          respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
          hand and seal this 8th day of June, 1994.

                                        /s/ Bryan C. Cressey 


                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does
          hereby constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A.
          Ortenzio, or either of them, his attorney to do any and all acts
          which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to enable
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to comply with
          the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
          rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
          Act of 647,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be
          offered, from time to time, by or for the account of the former
          stockholders of Medical Management Associates, Inc., with, but
          not limited to, the power and authority to sign in the name and
          on the behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities in
          which the signature of the undersigned would be appropriate, a
          registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments,
          including post-effective amendments thereto, for filing with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with respect to
          such shares, and generally to do and perform all things necessary
          to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
          respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
          hand and seal this 23rd day of May, 1994.
                                       
                                        /s/ Frank DeFazio 


                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does
          hereby constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A.
          Ortenzio, or either of them, his attorney to do any and all acts
          which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to enable
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to comply with
          the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
          rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
          Act of 647,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be
          offered, from time to time, by or for the account of the former
          stockholders of Medical Management Associates, Inc., with, but
          not limited to, the power and authority to sign in the name and
          on the behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities in
          which the signature of the undersigned would be appropriate, a
          registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments,
          including post-effective amendments thereto, for filing with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with respect to
          such shares, and generally to do and perform all things necessary
          to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
          respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
          hand and seal this 8th day of June, 1994.

                                                                 
                                        /s/ William M. Goldstein 


                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does
          hereby constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A.
          Ortenzio, or either of them, his attorney to do any and all acts
          which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable to enable
          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") to comply with
          the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
          rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
          Act of 647,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be
          offered, from time to time, by or for the account of the former
          stockholders of Medical Management Associates, Inc., with, but
          not limited to, the power and authority to sign in the name and
          on the behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities in
          which the signature of the undersigned would be appropriate, a
          registration statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments,
          including post-effective amendments thereto, for filing with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with respect to
          such shares, and generally to do and perform all things necessary
          to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
          respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his
          hand and seal this 20th day of May, 1994.

                                                           
                                        /s/ LeRoy S. Zimmerman 



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