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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.31


                             FORM OF AMENDMENT TO
               THE MEDAPHIS EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


     THIS AMENDMENT is made on the _____ day of _____________, 1997, by
MEDAPHIS CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Primary Sponsor");

     WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor established by indenture dated June 30, 1991,
the Medaphis Corporation Employees' Retirement Savings Plan which was last
amended and restated by indenture effective as of July 1, 1995 (the "Plan");
and

     WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor applied for a favorable determination letter
from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the July 1, 1995 restatement
of the Plan; and

     WHEREAS, by letter dated November 21, 1996, the Internal Revenue Service
conditioned its favorable determination as to the tax-qualified status of the
Plan upon the Primary Sponsor's adopting of the provisions contained in this
Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Primary Sponsor does hereby amend the Plan as follows:

     1.    Section 4.1 of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:

     "4.1  (a)   As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of
     withholding by the Plan Sponsor, if applicable, and receipt by the
     Trustee, Plan Sponsor contributions made on behalf of each Member under
     Plan Sections 3.1 and 3.2 (including forfeitures during the Plan Year used
     to reduce such contributions), and Voluntary Contributions and Rollover
     Amounts contributed by the Member, shall be allocated to the Employee
     Deferral Account, Matching Account, Voluntary Contribution Account and
     Rollover Account, respectively, of the Member on behalf of whom the
     contributions were made.

           (b)   As of the last day of each Plan Year, Plan Sponsor 
     contributions made under Plan Section 3.3 and forfeitures from Company
     Accounts shall be allocated to the Company Account of each Eligible
     Employee who is a Member who is employed by a Plan Sponsor on the last day
     of the Plan Year, or whose death or Retirement Date occurred during the
     Plan Year, in the proportion that the Member's Annual Compensation bears
     to the Annual Compensation of all Members entitled to an allocation under
     this Subsection (b).

           (c)   As of December 31, 1994, Plan Sponsor contributions made 
     under Plan Section 3.4 shall be allocated to the Employee Deferral
     Account of each Qualified Member in the proportion that the Qualified
     Member's Annual Compensation bears to the Annual Compensation of all
     Qualified Members entitled to an allocation under this Subsection (c)."


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Primary Sponsor has caused this amendment to be
executed as of the date first above written.


                                          MEDAPHIS CORPORATION


                                          By:
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ATTEST:

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