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 8, 2006


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


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

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


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

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Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

             On August 8, 2006, Per-Se Technologies, Inc. issued a press release
announcing its results of operations for the second quarter and six-month period
ended June 30, 2006. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)     Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated August 8, 2006.



                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 8, 2006

                                           PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                           By: /s/ STEPHEN M. SCHEPPMANN
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Stephen M. Scheppmann
                                               Executive Vice President
                                               and Chief Financial Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit
       No.                           Description
       ---                           -----------

       99.1      Press Release dated August 8, 2006.