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): August 4, 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.)





1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA                   30004
      (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)


                                 (770) 237-4300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)








ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     On  August  4,  2004,  Per-Se  Technologies,  Inc.  issued a press  release
announcing  its results of operations  for the  quarterly  period ended June 30,
2004.  A copy of the press  release is  attached  hereto as Exhibit  99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

     The  information  in this report,  including the exhibit  hereto,  is being
furnished  pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for  purposes  of Section 18 of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall
it be deemed  incorporated  by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act of 1933, except as expressly stated by specific  reference in
such a filing.

                                   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:    August 4, 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  August 4,  2004,  announcing  results of
            operations  for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004.