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 4, 2005

                            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, Georgia               30004
(Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip Code)


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

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On April 4, 2005, Per-Se Technologies, Inc. ("Per-Se") issued a press
release announcing that it has been notified by the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the issuance of an order of investigation, which Per-Se believes
relates to allegations of wrongdoing made by a former employee in 2003. These
allegations were the subject of a prior investigation by the Audit Committee of
Per-Se's Board of Directors and an outside accounting firm that resulted in the
performance of extensive additional procedures, which are described in Per-Se's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. A copy of the
press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated April 4, 2005.


                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 4, 2005

                                                 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 4, 2005.