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): March, 16 2004



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


        Delaware                      000-19480                 58-1651222
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer
  of 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 March 16, 2004, Per-Se Technologies, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003, cannot be completed by the new accelerated filing deadline of
March 15, 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 March 16, 2004, announcing that the
                  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                  ended December 31, 2003, cannot be completed by the new
                  accelerated filing deadline of March 15, 2004.

                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.


Date:    March 15, 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

             99.1       Press Release dated March 16, 2004, announcing that the
                        Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                        year ended December 31, 2003, cannot be completed by the
                        new accelerated filing deadline of March 15, 2004.