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): December 1, 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, Georgia               30004
(Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip Code)


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



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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
            Appointment of Principal Officers.

(b) and (d) John W. Danaher, M.D., has been elected to the Board of Directors of
            Per-Se Technologies, Inc. effective as of December 1, 2004, to fill 
            a vacancy resulting from an increase in the size of the Board. He 
            has been elected for a term ending on the date of Per-Se's 2005 
            Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has determined that Dr. 
            Danaher is an independent director within the meaning of NASD Rule 
            4200(a)(15), and he has also been elected to the Compensation, 
            Compliance and Governance Committees of the Board. There were no 
            arrangements or understandings between Dr. Danaher and any other 
            person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there 
            are and have been no transactions, either since the beginning of 
            Per-Se's last fiscal year or currently proposed, regarding Dr. 
            Danaher that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of 
            Regulation S-K.

            Stephen A. George, M.D., and David R. Holbrooke, M.D., both of whom 
            are currently members of the Board of Directors of Per-Se 
            Technologies, Inc., have informed Per-Se that they do not intend to 
            stand for re-election at Per-Se's 2005 Annual Meeting.

            A copy of the press release announcing Dr. Danaher's election and
            the intention of Drs. George and Holbrooke not to stand for
            re-election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated 
            herein by reference

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

       (c)  Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated December 3, 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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 3, 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 December 3, 2004.