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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.2


                               FIRST AMENDMENT
                                     TO
                            MEDAPHIS CORPORATION
                       NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                         FOR NON-EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the "First Amendment") is made this 21st day of
January, 1997, by MEDAPHIS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

                              W I T N E S S E T H

     WHEREAS, the Company has previously adopted the Medaphis Corporation     
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Executive Employees (the "Plan"); and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved an increase in
the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan to 1,025,00 from
925,000 shares (the "First Amendment").

     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 1,025,000 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 First Amendment, the Plan
shall remain in full force and effect as prior to this First Amendment.



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


                                       MEDAPHIS CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ William R. Spalding
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                                       Name: William Spalding
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                                       Title: EVP
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ATTEST:

By: /s/ Peggy Sherman
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Name: Peggy Sherman
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Title: VP, AGC
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