Exhibit 99.1


         Per-Se Technologies Files For 10-K Filing Extension;
                   Reaffirms First Quarter Guidance

    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2004--Per-Se Technologies,
Inc. (Nasdaq:PSTI) announced today that it has filed for an automatic
15-day extension with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for
the filing of its 2003 annual report on Form 10-K. The Company expects
to file its Form 10-K by March 30, 2004, the extension deadline.
    As part of their year-end 2003 audit, the Company's external
auditors advised the Company and the audit committee of the Company's
board of directors that additional procedures should be performed in
connection with allegations of improprieties made in 2003. These
additional procedures are necessary under Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 99, ("SAS 99"), which became effective for periods
beginning on or after December 15, 2002.
    To perform the additional procedures, the audit committee selected
the same outside accounting firm that previously assisted in reviewing
certain of these allegations. The 15-day extension is necessary in
order to complete these additional procedures, which could not be
completed within the new accelerated filing deadline of March 15,
2004. The Company expects to file its Form 10-K by the extension
deadline.
    Excluding costs associated with the additional work required for
the year-end audit, the Company is comfortable with its previously
issued first quarter 2004 earnings per share guidance of $.10 to $.13
per share on a fully diluted basis from continuing operations.

    About Per-Se Technologies

    Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI) is the leader in Connective
Healthcare. Connective Healthcare solutions from Per-Se enable
physicians and hospitals to achieve their income potential by creating
an environment that streamlines and simplifies the complex
administrative burden of providing healthcare. Per-Se's Connective
Healthcare solutions help reduce administrative expenses, increase
revenue and accelerate the movement of funds to benefit providers,
payers and patients. More information is available at www.per-se.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This Press Release contains statements that constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements contained in this Press Release include the intent, belief
or current expectations of the Company and members of its management
team with respect to the Company's future business operations and the
costs or outcome of work performed in conjunction with the Company's
year-end audit as well as the assumptions upon which such statements
are based. Forward-looking statements include specifically, but are
not limited to, the expectation that the Company will file its Form
10-K by March 30, 2004, earnings per share from continuing operations
projections excluding costs associated with additional work required
for the year-end audit, and the outcome, costs and earnings and cash
flow impact of work performed in conjunction with the Company's
year-end audit. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance,
and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may
differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors currently known to management that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by
the forward-looking statements in this Press Release include, but are
not limited to, failure to complete additional procedures being
performed within the time frame expected, failure to realize
improvements in performance, efficiency and profitability, failure to
complete anticipated sales under negotiations, failure to successfully
implement sales backlog, lack of revenue growth, client losses and
adverse developments or increased costs with respect to litigation and
adverse developments with respect to additional work performed in
conjunction with the year-end audit and with respect to the operation
or performance of the Company's business units or the market price of
its common stock. Additional factors that would cause actual results
to differ materially from those contemplated within this Press Release
can also be found in the Company's Safe Harbor Compliance Statement
included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2003 and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. The
Company disclaims any responsibility to update any forward-looking
statements.
    The Company believes that earnings per share from continuing
operations excluding costs associated with additional work required
for the year-end audit is an additional meaningful measure of
operating performance. However, this information will necessarily be
different from comparable information provided by other companies and
should not be used as an alternative to our operating and other
financial information as determined under U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP). No reconciliation of this non-GAAP
measure to the most comparable GAAP measure is presented as the costs
associated with the additional work required for the year-end audit
are not currently known.

    CONTACT: Per-Se Technologies
             Michele Howard, 770-444-5603
             michele.howard@per-se.com
               or
             Manning Selvage & Lee
             Shannon Whalen, 404-870-6835
             shannon.whalen@mslpr.com