SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K



                             Current Report Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                                   May 1, 2002



                          SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


           Nevada                                         1-8865
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(State or Other Jurisdiction                      (Commission File Number)
      of Incorporation)


                                    88-0200415
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                                  (IRS Employer
                                Identification No.)


         2724 North Tenaya Way
             Las Vegas, Nevada                             89128
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(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (702) 242-7000










                        Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, members of senior management of Sierra Health Services,
Inc., or Sierra,  are scheduled to appear at the 2002 Deutsche Banc Alex.  Brown
Health  Care  Conference.   Sierra's   presentation  is  expected  to  begin  at
approximately 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Investors, analysts and the general public
may access a live audio webcast of the  presentation  and the slide materials at
www.db.com/conferences.     The    replay    may    also    be    accessed    at
www.db.com/conferences.

Anyone listening to the Sierra management presentations will be presumed to have
read Sierra's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2001,
and Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods  ended March 31, 2001,  June
30, 2001 and September 30, 2001.  Listeners should review cautionary  statements
under  "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations."

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 for the year ended  December  31,
2001. 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.


                                          SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
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                                          (Registrant)


Date:  May 1, 2002                        /S/ PAUL H. PALMER
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                                          Paul H. Palmer
                                          Vice President
                                          Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
                                          (Chief Accounting Officer)