EXHIBIT 31



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,
John Pappajohn, the Acting Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer of
PACE Health Management Systems, Inc., certify that:

| | 1. |  | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of PACE Health Management Systems,
Inc.;
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| | 2. |  | Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact necessary to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report.
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| | 3. |  | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. |  | I
am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and
have:
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| |  | a) |  | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
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| |  | b) |  | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
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| |  | c) |  | Disclosed
in this report any change in the small business issuers internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuers most recent
fiscal quarter (the small business issuers fourth quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
small business issuers internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. |  | I
have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the small business issuers auditors and the audit committee of the
small business issuers board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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| |  | a) |  | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
small business issuers ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information: and
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| |  | b) |  | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the small business issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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Date:  May 15, 2006

| | /s/ John Pappajohn
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John Pappajohn

Acting Chief Executive Officer and

Acting Chief Financial Officer

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