As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2001 Registration No. 333-______ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ______________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 36-4392754 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 2401 Commerce Drive Libertyville, Illinois 60048 Telephone: (847) 680-3515 (Address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1993 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC. 2001 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC./CHANNELHEALTH INCORPORATED 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the plan) Glen E. Tullman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 2401 Commerce Drive Libertyville, Illinois 60048 Telephone: (847) 680-3515 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Joseph H. Greenberg, Esq. Gardner, Carton & Douglas 321 North Clark Street, Suite 3400 Chicago, Illinois 60610 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Title of Securities Amount to be Maximum Offering Maximum Aggregate Amount of to be Registered Registered (1) Price Per Share Offering Price Registration Fee - ------------------------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share) 1993 Stock Incentive Plan - Reserved and not subject to outstanding options 1,098,906 $4.965 (2) $ 5,456,069 $ 1,365 - Issuable pursuant to outstanding options 4,295,905 $15.08 (3) $64,782,248 $16,196 2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan - Reserved and not subject to outstanding options 41,450 $4.965 (2) $ 205,800 $ 52 - Issuable pursuant to outstanding options 1,958,550 $5.625 (3) $11,016,844 $ 2,755 1999 Stock Option Plan - Issuable pursuant to outstanding options 492,850 $30.19 (3) $14,879,142 $ 3,720 $24,088 ======= - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Together with an indeterminable number of additional shares in order to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan as the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction affecting the common stock, pursuant to 17 C.F.R. (S) 230.416. (2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)(1), the proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 17, 2001. (3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the weighted average exercise price per share.

ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 PART II Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant: 1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000; 2. The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-49568) filed with the Commission on November 8, 2000, including any amendment filed for the purpose of updating such description. In addition, each document filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws provide that the Registrant shall, subject to certain limitations, indemnify its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and certain settlements) actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any suit or proceeding to which they are a party so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, so long as they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct to have been unlawful. Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") permits a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting a director's liability to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty. The enabling statute provides, however, that liability for breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, or knowing violation of the law, and the unlawful purchase or redemption of stock or payment of unlawful dividends or the receipt of improper personal benefits cannot be eliminated or limited in this manner. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted, director liability for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty. The Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance, which provides coverage against liabilities. In addition, some of the Registrant's directors are indemnified against liabilities that they may incur in their capacities as directors by third parties with which they are affiliated. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. II-1

Item 8. Index to Exhibits. See Index to Exhibits. Item 9. 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 of 1933; (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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 section, 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-2

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Libertyville, State of Illinois, on this 18th day of April 2001. ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC. By: /s/ Glen E. Tullman ------------------------------------ Glen E. Tullman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Glen E. Tullman and David B. Mullen, or either of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf to sign, execute and file this Registration Statement and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any documents required to be filed with respect therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 18th day of April 2001. Signatures Title - ---------- ----- /s/ Glen E. Tullman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - -------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) Glen E. Tullman /s/ David B. Mullen President, Chief Financial Officer and Director - -------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer) David B. Mullen /s/ John G. Cull Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasurer - -------------------------- and Secretary (Principal Accounting Officer) John G. Cull /s/ Philip D. Green Director - -------------------------- Philip D. Green /s/ M. Fazle Husain Director - -------------------------- M. Fazle Husain /s/ Michael J. Kluger Director - -------------------------- Michael J. Kluger /s/ L. Ben Lytle Director - -------------------------- L. Ben Lytle /s/ Edward M. Philip Director - -------------------------- Edward M. Philip /s/ Richard E. Tarrant Director - -------------------------- Richard E. Tarrant S-1

Index to Exhibits Exhibit Number Description of Document - -------------- ----------------------- 5.1 Opinion of Gardner, Carton & Douglas regarding legality of securities 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP 23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Gardner, Carton & Douglas (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page) E-1

EXHIBIT 5.1 ----------- GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS Suite 3400 - Quaker Tower 321 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60610-4795 (312) 644-3000 April 18, 2001 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. 2401 Commerce Drive Libertyville, IL 60048 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 ---------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 by the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), which Registration Statement registers: (i) 1,098,906 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options issuable to eligible employees of the Corporation pursuant to the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1993 Plan"); (ii) 4,295,905 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of currently outstanding options granted to employees of the Corporation pursuant to the 1993 Plan; (iii) 41,450 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options issuable to eligible employees of the Corporation pursuant to the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. 2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (the "2001 Plan"); (iv) 1,958,550 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of currently outstanding options granted to employees of the Corporation pursuant to the 2001 Plan; and (v) 492,850 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of currently outstanding options granted to employees of the Corporation pursuant to the Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc./Channelhealth Incorporated 1999 Stock Option Plan (together with the 1993 Plan and the 2001 Plan, the "Plans"). In that capacity, we have reviewed the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, both as amended to date, the Registration Statement, the Plans and originals or copies of corporate records reflecting the corporate action taken by the Corporation in connection with the approval and, if applicable, the amendment of the Plans and the issuance of the Common Stock under the Plans. We have also reviewed such other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the issuance of this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Common Stock to be offered under the Plans has been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Corporation and, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plans, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Very truly yours, /s/ GARDNER, CARTON & DOUGLAS

EXHIBIT 23.1 ------------ CONSENT OF KPMG LLP The Board of Directors Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.: We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and subsidiaries of our report dated February 23, 2001, except for note 14 as to which the date is March 12, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the year then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. /s/ KPMG LLP Chicago, Illinois April 18, 2001

EXHIBIT 23.2 ------------ CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 17, 2000 relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (formerly Allscripts, Inc.), which appear in Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Chicago, Illinois April 18, 2001