UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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): April, 19 2004

                            PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           Delaware                      000-19480                58-1651222
(State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


         2840 Mt. Wilkinson Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia              30339
               (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)


                                 (770) 444-5300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)














Item 5.  Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

        On April 19, 2004, Per-Se Technologies, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that it had released an operations update for the quarter ended March
31, 2004. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.  Financial Statements  and Exhibits.

       (c)        Exhibits

       99.1       Press Release dated April 19, 2004, announcing an operations
                  update for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.

                                   Signatures
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         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 thereunto duly authorized.


Date:    April 19, 2004


                                PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                By: /s/ CHRIS E. PERKINS
                                    -------------------------------
                                    Chris E. Perkins
                                    Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer








                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

            Exhibit
              No.                      Description
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             99.1       Press Release dated April 19, 2004, announcing an
                        operations update for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.