1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 1999. Registration No. 333-______ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 SIMIONE CENTRAL HOLDINGS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 22-3209241 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) Incorporation or Organization) 6600 POWERS FERRY ROAD ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) SIMIONE CENTRAL HOLDINGS, INC. OMNIBUS EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) REID HOROVITZ, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL SIMIONE CENTRAL HOLDINGS, INC. 6600 POWERS FERRY ROAD ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) (770) 644-6700 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO: REID HOROVITZ, ESQ. LINZY O. SCOTT, III, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL THOMAS P. L'HELIAS, ESQ. SIMIONE CENTRAL HOLDINGS, INC. POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP 6600 POWERS FERRY ROAD SIXTEENTH FLOOR ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339 191 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE <TABLE> <CAPTION> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities Amount to Be Offering Price Aggregate Offering Amount of To Be Registered(1) Registered Per Share(3) Price(3) Registration Fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <S> <C> <C> <C> <C> Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 1,000,000(2) $1.875 $1,875,000 $522 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ </TABLE> (1) This Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Simione Central Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Equity-based Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). (2) Representing additional shares to be issued by Simione Central Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") in connection with the Plan. (3) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

2 As required by the General Instruction to Item E for the use of the Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act ("Form S-8"), this registration of additional shares under the Plan incorporates by reference the contents of the original filing on Form S-8 of the Plan (File No. 333-51869). -2-

3 ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE FILED AS EXHIBITS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT: <TABLE> <S> <C> 5.1 Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement). </TABLE> -3-

4 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, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 20th day of January, 1999. SIMIONE CENTRAL HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Barrett C. O'Donnell ----------------------------------------- Barrett C. O'Donnell Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Barrett C. O'Donnell, Lori Nadler Siegel and Reid Horovitz, Esq. and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. -4-

5 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. <TABLE> <CAPTION> Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- <S> <C> <C> /s/ Barrett C. O'Donnell Chairman of the Board and January 20, 1999 --------------------------- Chief Executive Officer Barrett C. O'Donnell (principal executive officer) Chief Financial Officer January 20, 1999 /s/ Lori Nadler Siegel and Treasurer --------------------------- (principal financial and Lori Nadler Siegel accounting officer) /s/ Gary M. Bremer Director January 20, 1999 --------------------------- Gary M. Bremer /s/ William J. Simione, Jr. Vice Chairman of the Board January 20, 1999 --------------------------- and Executive Vice President William J. Simione, Jr. /s/ Murali Anantharaman Director January 20, 1999 --------------------------- Murali Anantharaman /s/ James A. Gilbert Director January 20, 1999 --------------------------- James A. Gilbert </TABLE> -5-

6 EXHIBIT INDEX <TABLE> <CAPTION> Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- <S> <C> 5.1 Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement). </TABLE>

1 EXHIBIT 5.1 POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP 191 Peachtree Street N.E. Suite 1600 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 572-6600 January 20, 1999 Simione Central Holdings, Inc. 6600 Powers Ferry Road Atlanta, Georgia 30339 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have served as counsel for Simione Central Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), of an aggregate of an additional 1,000,000 shares (the "Additional Shares") of common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of the Company to be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Simione Central Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Equity-Based Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The initial 250,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan were previously registered pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form S-8, and this Registration Statement serves to register the Additional Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies (certified, photostatic or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such documents, corporate records and other instruments relating to the incorporation of the Company and the authorization of the Additional Shares pursuant to the Plan as we have deemed necessary and advisable. In such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all originals and copies of documents we have examined, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all certified, conformed or photostatic copies. As to questions of fact material and relevant to our opinion, we have relied upon certificates or representations of Company officials and of appropriate governmental officials. We express no opinion as to matters under or involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware and the applicable federal laws of the United States.

2 Based upon and subject to the foregoing and having regard for such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant, it is our opinion that: 1. The Additional Shares have been duly authorized; and 2. Upon the issuance and delivery of the Additional Shares and payment therefor as provided in the Plan and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, such Additional Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP

1 EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-________) pertaining to the Simione Central Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Equity-Based Incentive Plan of our report dated February 23, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Simione Central Holdings, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP ---------------------------------- Ernst & Young LLP January 13, 1999 Atlanta, Georgia