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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.12


                               NINTH AMENDMENT TO
                         NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       FOR EMPLOYEES OF ACQUIRED COMPANIES

         THIS NINTH AMENDMENT (the "Ninth Amendment") is made effective as of
the 7th day of February, 2001, by PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Company has previously adopted the Per-Se Technologies,
Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Employees of Acquired Companies, as
amended (the "Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company has duly authorized an amendment of the Plan to decrease the number of
shares available for grant pursuant to the Plan from 1,320,000 shares to
1,221,403 shares.

         NOW, THEREFORE, Section 3 of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting
Section 3 of the Plan in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

                                   "Section 3

                         SHARES RESERVED UNDER THE PLAN

         There shall be 1,221,403 shares of Stock reserved for issuance under
         this Plan, and such shares of Stock shall be reserved to the extent
         that the Company deems appropriate from authorized but unissued shares
         of Stock and from shares of Stock which have been repurchased by the
         Company. Furthermore, any shares of Stock subject to an Option that
         remain unissued after the cancellation or expiration of such Option
         thereafter shall again become available for use under this Plan."

         FURTHER, except as specifically amended by this Ninth Amendment, the
Plan shall remain in full force and effect as prior to this Ninth Amendment.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Ninth Amendment to be
executed on the day and year first above written.


                                        PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                        By: /s/ Philip M. Pead
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                                           Philip M. Pead
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:



By: /s/ Robert Q. Jones, Jr.
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   Robert Q. Jones, Jr.
   Assistant Secretary