UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 25, 2011

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 507-1900

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

(d)

On July 25, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mary Sammons as a director to fill the unexpired term of Nancy Johnson, who resigned from the board on May 20, 2011. Such unexpired term will expire at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company. Ms. Sammons has served as the Chairman of the Board of Rite Aid Corporation (“Rite Aid”) since June 2007 and has been a member of Rite Aid’s Board of Directors since December 1999. From June 2003 until June 2010, Ms. Sammons served as Chief Executive Officer of Rite Aid. Ms. Sammons served as President of Rite Aid from December 1999 to September 2008. From April, 1999 until December 1999 she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of The Kroger Company. From January 1998 to April 1999 she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of Fred Meyer, Inc.  From 1985 to 1997, she held a number of senior level positions with Fred Meyer Stores, Inc.  Ms. Sammons is a board member of the Board of the National Association of Drug Stores, a trade association, is a director of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. and is the President of the Rite Aid Foundation.

Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release dated July 26, 2011.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of business acquired:              Not applicable.

(b)  Pro forma financial information:                  Not applicable.

(d)           Exhibits:

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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.

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

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