As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2002

                                            REGISTRATION NO. 333-______________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                             HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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             DELAWARE                                 63-0860407
   (State or Other Jurisdiction           (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 of Incorporation or Organization)


               ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35243
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


                             1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                                                                     

            RICHARD M. SCRUSHY                                  Copy to:                                  Copy to:
           Chairman of the Board
        and Chief Executive Officer                       WILLIAM W. HORTON, ESQ.                 ROBERT E. LEE GARNER, ESQ.
          HEALTHSOUTH Corporation          Executive Vice President and Corporate Counsel  Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, L.L.C.
          One HealthSouth Parkway                         HEALTHSOUTH Corporation                 1200 AmSouth/Harbert Plaza
         Birmingham, Alabama 35243                        One HealthSouth Parkway                   1901 Sixth Avenue North
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)               Birmingham, Alabama  35243                Birmingham, Alabama  35203
              (205) 967-7116                                  (205) 967-7116                            (205) 251-1000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
         of Agent For Service)


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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                                                                      
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  TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                                   PROPOSED MAXIMUM           PROPOSED MAXIMUM               AMOUNT OF
        SECURITIES               AMOUNT TO BE               OFFERING PRICE           AGGREGATE OFFERING            REGISTRATION
     TO BE REGISTERED             REGISTERED                 PER UNIT (1)                 PRICE (1)                   FEE (1)
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     Common Stock, Par          3,534,425 shares                  N/A                   $47,644,049                 $4,383
   Value $.01 Per Share
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(1)     In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the maximum aggregate
        offering price and the registration  fee are based on a price of $13.48 per share,  which represents the average of the
        high and low prices for the shares of HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation  Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
        on March 20, 2002.
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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

     This  registration  statement is being filed  pursuant to  Instruction E of
Form S-8,  promulgated  pursuant to the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  to
register an additional 3,534,425 shares of HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation Common Stock
issuable  pursuant to its 1995 Stock Option Plan.  This  registration  statement
includes a facing page,  this page,  the signature  page, an exhibit  index,  an
Exhibit 5 legal opinion (and a consent  included  therein),  and an accountant's
consent.  Pursuant to Instruction  E, the content of  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation's
registration  statements on Form S-8 (Registration  Nos.  333-02221,  333-42301,
333-49345,  333-33686 and  333-58064),  including  the  exhibits  thereto,  are
incorporated  by reference  into this registration  statement.  All  previously
registered shares may be issued pursuant to HEALTHSOUTH Corporation's 1995 Stock
Option Plan. Registration fees have been paid for all such previously registered
shares.

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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 Birmingham, State of Alabama, on March 27, 2002.

                                       HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION

                                       By  /s/ Richard M. Scrushy
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                                            Richard M. Scrushy
                                          Chairman of the Board
                                       and Chief Executive Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints Richard M. Scrushy and William T. Owens, and each
of them, his or her attorney-in-fact  with powers of substitution for him or her
in any and all  capacities,  to sign  any  amendments,  supplements,  subsequent
registration  statements  relating to the  offering  to which this  registration
statement   relates,   or  other  instruments  he  or  she  deems  necessary  or
appropriate, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute may 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.


                                                                                        


               Signature                                        Title                              Date


        /s/ Richard M. Scrushy                           Chairman of the Board                 March 27, 2002
--------------------------------------                and Chief Executive Officer
          Richard M. Scrushy                                and Director


          /s/ Weston L. Smith                          Executive Vice President                March 27, 2002
--------------------------------------               and Chief Financial Officer
            Weston L. Smith                        (Principal Accounting Officer)


       /s/ John S. Chamberlin                                 Director                         March 27, 2002
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          John S. Chamberlin


          /s/ C. Sage Givens                                  Director                         March 27, 2002
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            C. Sage Givens


          /s/ Joel C. Gordon                                  Director                         March 27, 2002
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            Joel C. Gordon


     /s/ Charles W. Newhall III                               Director                         March 27, 2002
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        Charles W. Newhall III


         /s/ William T. Owens                                 Director                         March 27, 2002
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          William T. Owens



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     /s/ Larry D. Striplin, Jr.                               Director                         March 27, 2002
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        Larry D. Striplin, Jr.


         /s/ George H. Strong                                 Director                         March 27, 2002
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           George H. Strong


        /s/ Phillip C. Watkins                                Director                         March 27, 2002
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          Phillip C. Watkins




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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.                        Description

        (4)      1995 Stock Option Plan, filed as Appendix A to HEALTHSOUTH
                 Corporation's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 1995
                 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, dated May 12, 1995,
                 is hereby incorporated by reference.

        (5)      Opinion of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, L.L.C.
                 as to the legality of the shares of HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
                 Common Stock being registered.

      (23)-1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

      (23)-2     Consent of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, L.L.C.
                 (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5).

       (24)      Powers of Attorney (see signature pages).






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