Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Scheppmann Stephen Mark
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/01/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PER SE TECHNOLOGIES INC [PSTI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1145 SANCTUARY PARKWAY, SUITE 200		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP and CFO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

ALPHARETTA, GA 30004		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 7,162.3 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 05/01/2007(3) 05/01/2017 Common Stock 25,000 $ 27.91 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) (4) 05/01/2007(5) 05/01/2017 Common Stock 75,000 $ 27.91 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Scheppmann Stephen Mark
1145 SANCTUARY PARKWAY
SUITE 200
ALPHARETTA, GA 30004		       EVP and CFO  

Signatures

/s/ STEPHEN M. SCHEPPMANN 05/10/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represented by deferred "stock units" (phantom stock) credited under the Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the "Plan"). 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 an employee of the Issuer, with any fractional shares payable in cash.
(2) Granted pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Executive Stock Option Plan").
(3) These stock options vest and become exercisable at the rate of one-third per year over a three-year period beginning on the date of grant, and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Executive Stock Option Plan.
(4) A non-plan inducement grant on the same terms and conditions as the Executive Stock Option Plan.
(5) These stock options vest and become exercisable at the rate of one-third per year over a three-year period beginning on the date of grant, and are subject in all respects to the same terms and conditions as options granted under the Executive Stock Option Plan.

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