EXHIBIT 10.1

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

         THIS TENTH AMENDMENT (the "Tenth Amendment") is made effective as of
the 30th day of July, 2002, 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 1,221,403 shares to
1,157,972 shares, which is a decrease of 63,431 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 1,157,972 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 Tenth Amendment, the
Plan shall remain in full force and effect as prior to this Tenth Amendment.

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



                                      PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                      By: /s/ PHILIP M. PEAD
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Philip M. Pead
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:



By: /s/ PAUL J. QUINER
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   Paul J. Quiner
   Corporate Secretary


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