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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-013839
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040303

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PER SE TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000878556
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374]
		IRS NUMBER:				581651222
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2840 MT WILKINSON PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30339
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7704445300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2700 CUMBERLAND PKWY
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30339

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MEDAPHIS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931027

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MACNAB CRAIG
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001020280

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19480
		FILM NUMBER:		04644640

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		330 COMMERCE ST
		CITY:			NASHVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6157489481

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JDN PEALTY CORP
		STREET 2:		359 EAST PACES FERRY RD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30305
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        <issuerName>PER SE TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-03-01</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represented by deferred &quot;stock units&quot; (phantom stock) credited under the Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Deferred stock Unit Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;). The stock units are to be settled in Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis, in one installment as soon as administratively feasible following the date on which the Reporting Person ceases to be a Director of the Issuer, with any fractional shares payable in cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Average closing price of the Common Stock for the five business days prior to March 1, 2004, the date on which the stock units were credited to the Reporting Person's account under the Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reflects deferral under the Plan and conversion into stock units of $15,000, comprising 100% of the Reporting Person's cash compensation otherwise payable for Board and Committee service during the period from November 8, 2003, through February 7, 2004 (the 3rd Quarter of the 2003-04 Board Year).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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