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                            PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                      EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                         Effective as of January 1, 2002
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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          ARTICLE I          PURPOSE OF PLAN.....................................             1
                1.1          Purpose of Plan.....................................             1

          ARTICLE II         DEFINITIONS.........................................             1

                2.1          Account ............................................             1
                2.2          Beneficiary ........................................             1
                2.3          Board ..............................................             1
                2.4          Cause ..............................................             1
                2.5          Change in Control ..................................             2
                2.6          Code ...............................................             2
                2.7          Committee ..........................................             2
                2.8          Company ............................................             2
                2.9          Company Contribution ...............................             2
               2.10          Compensation .......................................             3
               2.11          Effective Date .....................................             3
               2.12          Election Date ......................................             3
               2.13          Election Form ......................................             3
               2.14          Election Change Form ...............................             3
               2.15          Eligible Employee ..................................             3
               2.16          Good Reason ........................................             3
               2.17          Participant ........................................             4
               2.18          Per-Se .............................................             4
               2.19          Plan ...............................................             4
               2.20          Plan Year ..........................................             4
               2.21          Trust ..............................................             4
               2.22          Trustee ............................................             4
               2.23          Unforeseeable Hardship .............................             4
               2.24          Valuation Date .....................................             4

          ARTICLE III        ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.......................             4
                3.1          Requirements .......................................             4
                3.2          Change of Employment Category ......................             5

          ARTICLE IV         NONQUALIFIED DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS.................             5
                4.1          Deferral Elections .................................             5
                4.2          Election Form ......................................             5
                4.3          Continuing Elections ...............................             5
                4.4          Changing a Prior Election ..........................             5
                4.5          Participant Becomes Ineligible .....................             6
                4.6          Timing of Contribution to Account ..................             6
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          ARTICLE V          COMPANY CONTRIBUTION................................             6
                5.1          Company Contribution ...............................             6
                5.2          Timing of Contribution .............................             6
                5.3          Vesting ............................................             6

          ARTICLE VI         PLAN ACCOUNTS  .....................................             6
                6.1          Establishment of Accounts ..........................             6
                6.2          Participant Deferral Account .......................             6
                6.3          Company Contribution Account .......................             6

          ARTICLE VII        ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.................................             7
                7.1          Allocation of Earnings or Losses on Accounts .......             7
                7.2          Accounting for Distributions .......................             7
                7.3          Interim Valuations .................................             7

          ARTICLE VIII       VESTING.............................................             7
                8.1          Deferral Contributions .............................             7
                8.2          Company Contributions ..............................             7

          ARTICLE IX         PAYMENTS OF BENEFITS................................             8
                9.1          Distributions During Employment ....................             8
                9.2          Distributions After Termination of Employment ......             8
                9.3          Payments Upon Hardship .............................             8

          ARTICLE X          THE TRUST...........................................             9
               10.1          Establishment of Trust .............................             9
               10.2          Investment Funds ...................................             9

          ARTICLE XI         ADMINISTRATION .....................................            10
               11.1          Administrator ......................................            10
               11.2          Administrative Authority ...........................            10
               11.3          Mutual Exclusion of Responsibility .................            11
               11.4          Uniformity of Discretionary Acts ...................            11
               11.5          Litigation .........................................            11
               11.6          Payment of Expenses ................................            11
               11.7          Claims Procedure ...................................            11
               11.8          Taxes ..............................................            13
               11.9          Attorney's Fees ....................................            13
               11.10         No Guaranty of Employment ..........................            13
               11.11         Alienation of Benefits .............................            13
               11.12         General Creditor Status ............................            13
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          ARTICLE XII        AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, OR MERGER OF PLAN...........            14
               12.1          Amendment ..........................................            14
               12.2          Termination ........................................            14
               12.3          Notice of Amendment or Termination .................            14

          ARTICLE XIII       MISCELLANEOUS..................................... .            14
               13.1          Use and Form of Words ..............................            14
               13.2          Headings ...........................................            14
               13.3          References to Laws, Regulations and Findings .......            14
               13.4          Severability .......................................            14
               13.5          Governing Law ......................................            14

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                          ARTICLE I -- PURPOSE OF PLAN

1.1      Purpose of Plan. Per-Se Technologies, Inc. intends and desires by the
         adoption of this Plan to recognize the value to the Company (as defined
         below) of the services rendered by Eligible Employees covered by the
         Plan and to encourage and assure their continued service with the
         Company by making more adequate provisions for their future retirement
         security.

         This Plan has been adopted to provide certain management and/or highly
         compensated employees of the Company the opportunity to accumulate
         deferred compensation, including deferrals of base salary, awards
         pursuant to the Per-Se Technologies 2001 Incentive Plan and other forms
         of remuneration that the Committee and/or the Board of Directors may
         from time to time designate as available for deferral into the Plan.

         This Plan is intended to be "a plan which is unfunded and maintained by
         an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
         compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
         employees" within the meaning of Sections 201(2) and 301(a)(3) of the
         Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and shall be
         interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with that intent.

                            ARTICLE II -- DEFINITIONS

2.1      "Account" means those separate accounts established and maintained
         under the Plan in the name of each Participant as required pursuant to
         the provisions of Article VI.

2.2      "Beneficiary" means a Participant's beneficiary or beneficiaries
         designated most recently in writing by the Participant to the
         Committee.

2.3      "Board" means the Board of Directors of Per-Se Technologies, Inc.

2.4      "Cause" as a reason for an employee Participant's termination of
         employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment
         agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Company or an
         affiliated company, provided, however that if there is no such
         employment agreement in which such term is defined, "Cause" shall mean
         any of the following acts by the Participant, as determined by the
         Committee: (i) the Participant materially breaches any of the terms or
         conditions set forth in an agreement between the Company and the
         Participant, (ii) the Participant commits an act materially detrimental
         to the business or reputation of the Company; or (iii) the Participant
         commits or is convicted of any crime involving fraud, deceit or moral
         turpitude.

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2.5      "Change in Control" means and includes the occurrence of any one or
         more of the following events:

         (i) a consolidation or merger of Per-Se with or into any other
         corporation, or any other entity or person, other than a wholly-owned
         subsidiary of Per-Se, excluding any transaction in which the shares of
         Per-Se's common stock outstanding immediately prior to any such
         consolidation or merger represents immediately thereafter more than 50%
         of the combined voting power of the resulting entity after the
         transaction;

         (ii) any corporate reorganization, including an exchange offer, in
         which Per-Se shall not be the continuing or surviving entity resulting
         from such reorganization, excluding any transaction in which the shares
         of Per-Se's common stock outstanding immediately prior to any such
         reorganization represents immediately thereafter more than 50% of the
         combined voting power of the resulting entity after the transaction; or

         (iii) the sale of a substantial portion of Per-Se's assets, which shall
         be deemed to occur on the date that any one person, or more than one
         person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month
         period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person
         or persons) assets from Per-Se that (a) have a total fair market value
         equal to more than 50% of the total fair market value of all the assets
         of Per-Se immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions, or (b)
         represents a majority of the common stock of any (1) subsidiary of
         Per-Se, the revenues of which, in the most recent fiscal year,
         represent more than 75% of the consolidated gross revenues of Per-Se
         and its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transfer of
         assets or common stock in a subsidiary by Per-Se will not be treated as
         a sale of a substantial portion of Per-Se's assets if the assets are
         transferred to an entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting
         power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Per-Se.

2.6      "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations
         thereunder, as amended from time to time.

2.7      "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

2.8      "Company" means (i) Per-Se Technologies, Inc. and (ii) any legal entity
         that is treated as a single employer with Per-Se pursuant to Code
         sections 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or 414(o) that, with approval of the
         Board, has adopted the Plan, and (iii) any company that is a successor
         to Per-Se as a result of merger, consolidation, liquidation, transfer
         of assets, or other reorganization.

2.9      "Company Contribution" means an amount contributed by the Company
         pursuant to the provisions of Article V.

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2.10     "Compensation" means base salary, awards pursuant to the Per-Se
         Technologies 2001 Incentive Plan, or other forms of remuneration the
         Committee and/or the Board may from time to time designate as available
         for deferral, without regard to the limits imposed by Section
         401(a)(17) of the Code.

2.11     "Effective Date" means the date on which the Board adopts the Plan, or
         such other effective date as designated by the Board.

2.12     "Election Date" for a Plan Year means the last date upon which an
         Election Form may be received by the Committee in order to effect a
         valid deferral of Compensation for such Plan Year. Unless otherwise
         specified by the Committee from time to time, (i) the Election Date in
         the case of deferrals of salary shall be December 31 of the year prior
         to the Plan Year with respect to which such salary will be earned (or
         in the case of a newly eligible Participant, no later than 30 days
         after such employee first become eligible to participate in the Plan),
         and (ii) the Election Date in the case of deferrals of bonus or other
         non-salary elements of Compensation shall be November 30 of the Plan
         Year for which such bonus or other non-salary Compensation will be
         earned. The Committee from time to time may impose any earlier Election
         Dates as it deems appropriate or advisable.

2.13     "Election Form" means the form on which a Participant elects to defer
         Compensation hereunder and on which the Participant makes certain other
         designations as required thereon.

2.14     "Election Change Form" means the form on which a Participant may make
         certain prospective changes to his deferral election or distribution
         options as provided in Article IV.

2.15     "Eligible Employee" means a person employed by the Company who is
         determined by the Company to be a member of a select group of
         management or highly compensated employees and is designated by the
         Committee to be eligible under the Plan.

2.16     "Good Reason" for a Participant's termination of employment shall have
         the meaning assigned such term in the employment agreement, if any,
         between such Participant and the Company or an affiliated company,
         provided, however that if there is no such employment agreement in
         which such term is defined, "Good Reason" shall mean any of the
         following acts by the Company without the consent of the Participant:
         (i) a reduction of greater than 10% in the Participant's annual base
         salary; (ii) a change in the Participant's work location to a work
         location more than 50 miles from his existing work location, except for
         required travel on the Company's business to an extent consistent with
         the Participant's then current business travel obligations; (iii) an
         assignment to any duties inconsistent in any material adverse respect
         with the Participant's current position, duties or responsibilities,
         other than an insubstantial and inadvertent act that is remedied

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         by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the
         Participant; or (iv) the failure by the Company to continue any
         material benefit or compensation plan in which the Participant is
         participating unless the Participant is provided with comparable
         benefits.

2.17     "Participant" means any person so designated in accordance with the
         provisions of Article III, including, where appropriate according to
         the context of the Plan, any former employee who is or may become (or
         whose Beneficiaries may become) eligible to receive a benefit under the
         Plan.

2.18     "Per-Se" means Per-Se Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

2.19     "Plan" means this Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Executive Deferred
         Compensation Plan.

2.20     "Plan Year" means the calendar year.

2.21     "Trust" means the "rabbi" trust fund established pursuant to Article X
         of the Plan.

2.22     "Trustee" means the trustee named in the agreement establishing the
         Trust and such successor and/or additional trustees as may be named
         pursuant to the terms of the agreement establishing the Trust.

2.23     "Unforeseeable Hardship" means a severe financial hardship to the
         Participant of unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the
         Participant. The determination of whether an Unforeseeable Hardship has
         occurred, as well as the application of the facts making such
         determination, shall be made by the Committee in its sole and absolute
         discretion and shall not be overturned unless such decision is
         arbitrary and capricious.

2.24     "Valuation Date" means the last day of each Plan Year and any other
         date that the Committee, in its sole discretion, designates as a
         Valuation Date.

                  ARTICLE III -- ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

3.1      Requirements. Eligible Employees as of the Effective Date who are
         designated by the Committee shall be eligible to become a Participant
         on the first day of the Plan Year occurring after the Effective Date.
         Every other Eligible Employee who is designated by the Committee shall
         become a Participant on the first day of the Plan Year occurring after
         the date on which he becomes an Eligible Employee. No individual shall
         become a Participant, however, if he is not an Eligible Employee on the
         date his participation is to begin.

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         Participation in the Plan is voluntary. In order to participate, an
         otherwise Eligible Employee must execute a valid Election Form in such
         manner as the Committee may require as provided in Article IV.

3.2      Change of Employment Category. During any period in which a Participant
         remains in the employ of the Company, but ceases to be an Eligible
         Employee, he shall not be eligible to make additional deferral of
         Compensation under this Plan.

                        ARTICLE IV -- DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

4.1      Deferral Elections. A Participant who wishes to defer Compensation
         under the Plan for a Plan Year must irrevocably elect to do so on or
         prior to the Election Date for such Plan Year, by delivering a valid
         Election Form to the Committee in accordance with rules established by
         the Committee. A Participant may elect to defer up to 100% of his
         eligible Compensation. Deferred amounts shall be deducted through
         payroll withholding from the Participant's cash Compensation payable by
         the Company.

4.2      Election Form. In the Election Form, the Participant shall indicate (i)
         the percentage of Compensation (in increments of 1%) to be credited to
         the Participant's Account for the Plan Year, (ii) the Participant's
         investment allocation preferences from among the benchmark investment
         funds available under the Plan from time to time, (iii) the beginning
         date for distribution of the Participant's Account for such Plan Year,
         which may be either the date of the Participant's termination of
         employment or the second or any later anniversary of the last day of
         the Plan Year to which such deferral election relates, and (iv) the
         method of payment of the Account, which shall be either in one lump sum
         or in five or ten annual installments beginning as soon as practical
         after the distribution date.

4.3      Continuing Elections. A Participant may enter into a separate Election
         Form for each Plan Year. An Election Form filed with respect to one
         Plan Year shall remain effective for all following Plan Years during
         the term of the Plan, unless (i) a new Election Form with respect to a
         subsequent Plan Year is timely filed with the Committee, (ii) the
         Committee is notified in writing that the Participant does not wish to
         participate in the Plan for a subsequent Plan Year, or (iii) the
         Participant becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan.

4.4      Changing a Prior Election. A Participant may, by filing a new Election
         Form with the Committee, change his election as to distribution date
         and/or method of distribution for the Account with respect to a Plan
         Year. Such new Election Form shall not be effective until one year
         after it is properly filed with the Committee. Participants are limited
         to one changed Election Form for each separate Plan Year.

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4.5      Participant Becomes Ineligible. A Participant's Election Form shall be
         canceled immediately when he becomes ineligible to participate in the
         Plan.

4.6      Timing of Contribution to Account. A Participant's deferral of
         Compensation shall be credited to the Participant's Account at the time
         such Compensation would otherwise be paid to the Participant in cash.

                       ARTICLE V -- COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

5.1      Company Contribution. In its sole discretion, the Company may make a
         Company Contribution on behalf of Participant, in an amount determined
         by the Company in accordance with (a) and/or (b) below:

         (a)      A percentage of each Participant's Compensation for the Plan
                  Year;

         (b)      A percentage of some or the entire Participant's deferred
                  Compensation under the Plan for the Plan Year.

5.2      Timing of Contribution. Company Contributions shall be made as soon as
         administratively feasible after declared by the Board.

5.3      Vesting. Company Contributions shall have such vesting provisions as
         shall be specified by the Board at the time of its approval of such
         contributions.

                           ARTICLE VI -- PLAN ACCOUNTS

6.1      Establishment of Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain
         separate Accounts in the name of each Participant, as required and as
         described in this Article VI.

6.2      Participant Deferral Account. The Company shall establish an Account to
         which is credited the Participant's deferred Compensation, as indicated
         on the Participant's Election Form, plus amounts equal to any income,
         gains, or losses (to the extent realized, based upon fair market value
         of the Account's assets) attributable or allocable to interest or
         applicable investment returns.

6.3      Company Contribution Account. The Company shall establish an Account to
         which is credited the Participant's Company Contributions, plus amounts
         equal to any income, gains, or losses (to the extent realized, based
         upon fair market value of the Account's assets) attributable or
         allocable to interest or applicable investment returns.

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                       ARTICLE VII -- ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

7.1      Allocation of Earnings or Losses on Accounts. Each Participant's
         Account shall be invested in such investments as the Trustee shall
         determine. The Trustee may (but is not required to) consider the
         Participant's investment preferences when investing amounts credited to
         the Participant's Accounts. Such investment preferences shall be
         related to the Trustee at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
         Company, in its sole discretion. The Participant's Account will be
         credited or debited with the increase or decrease in the realizable net
         asset value or credited interest, as applicable, of each investment, as
         follows. As of each Valuation Date, an amount equal to the net increase
         or decrease in realizable net asset value or credited interest, as
         applicable (as determined by the Trustee), of each investment option
         within the Trust since the preceding Valuation Date shall be allocated
         among all Participants' Accounts to be invested in that investment
         option in accordance with the ratio which the portion of the Account of
         each Participant which is to be invested within that investment option,
         determined as provided herein, bears to the aggregate of all amounts to
         be invested within that investment option.

7.2      Accounting for Distributions. As of the date of any distribution under
         the Plan to a Participant or his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, such
         distribution shall be charged to the applicable Participant's Account.

7.3      Interim Valuations. If it is determined by the Committee that the value
         of the Trust as of any date on which distributions are to be made
         differs materially from the value of the Trust on the prior Valuation
         Date upon which the distribution is to be based, the Committee, in its
         discretion, shall have the right to designate any date in the interim
         as a Valuation Date for the purpose of revaluing the Trust so that the
         Account from which the distribution is being made will, prior to the
         distribution, reflect its share of such material difference in value.

                             ARTICLE VIII -- VESTING

8.1      Deferral Contributions. A Participant shall always be one hundred
         percent (100%) vested in amounts credited to his Participant Deferral
         Account.

8.2      Company Contributions. Company Contributions shall have such vesting
         provisions as shall be specified by the Board at the time of its
         approval of such contributions.

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                       ARTICLE IX -- PAYMENTS OF BENEFITS

9.1      Distributions During Employment.

         (a)      Timing. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2,
                  distributions from a Participant's Accounts shall begin at the
                  date designated by the Participant in the Election Form.

         (b)      Form of Distribution. The Participant's entire vested Account
                  balance shall be paid in cash, delivered in the number of
                  installments designated pursuant to the Election Form(s),
                  except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2.

9.2      Distributions After Termination of Employment.

         (a)      Death, Resignation without Good Reason or Termination for
                  Cause. Regardless of the distribution election in the
                  Participant's Election Form(s), the Participant's entire
                  vested Account balance shall be distributed as soon as
                  administratively feasible after the Participant's death,
                  resignation without Good Reason or termination for Cause. The
                  Accounts shall be paid in one lump sum cash payment. In the
                  case of the death of the Participant, such payment shall be
                  made to his Beneficiary.

         (b)      Termination for Any Other Reason. In the case of the
                  Participant's termination of employment for any other reason
                  (including, for example, retirement, disability, termination
                  without Cause or resignation for Good Reason), the timing of
                  the distribution shall be pursuant to the terms of the
                  Participant's applicable Election Form(s). The Accounts shall
                  be paid in cash in the number of installments designated in
                  the applicable Election Form(s).

         (c)      Change in Control. Upon the termination of employment of a
                  Participant for any reason after a Change in Control, the
                  Participant's entire vested Account balance shall be
                  distributed within three months after such termination of
                  employment. The Accounts shall be paid in one lump sum cash
                  payment.

9.3      Payments Upon Hardship. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
         accelerate the distribution to a Participant of an amount reasonably
         necessary to handle an Unforseeable Hardship. The determination of
         whether an Unforeseeable Hardship has occurred, as well as the
         application of the facts making such determination, shall be made by
         the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and shall not be
         overturned unless such decision is arbitrary and capricious. Upon a
         finding of hardship, the Committee shall instruct the Trustee to make
         the appropriate distribution to the Participant from amounts
         contributed to the Trust by the Company in respect of the Participant's
         Account. In no event shall the aggregate amount of the distribution
         exceed the value of the Participant's

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         Account. For purposes of this Section, the value of the Participant's
         Account shall be determined as of the date of the distribution. A
         distribution may be made under this Section only with the consent of
         the Committee.

                             ARTICLE X -- THE TRUST

10.1     Establishment of Trust. The Company shall establish the Trust with the
         Trustee, pursuant to such terms and conditions as are set forth in the
         Trust agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Trustee.
         The Trust is intended to be treated as a "grantor" trust under the
         Code, and the establishment of the Trust is not intended to cause
         Participants to realize current income on amounts contributed thereto,
         and the Trust shall be so interpreted. Such trust shall substantially
         conform to the terms of the model trust as described in Revenue
         Procedure 92-64 1992-2 C.B. 422.

10.2     Investment Funds. Solely for purposes of valuing a Participant's
         Account, one or more investment funds may be selected by the Committee,
         and the Participant may designate that a percentage of all or a portion
         of his Account be valued in accordance with the investment performance
         of such investment fund(s). An amount equal to the investment return
         attributable to such investment(s) as selected by the Participant shall
         be allocated to his account. This Section 10.2 is for Account valuation
         purposes only and does not confer upon the Participant or his
         Beneficiary the right to direct the investment of the assets of the
         trust referred to in Article X.

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                          ARTICLE XI -- ADMINISTRATION

11.1     Administrator. The Committee shall administer, construe, and interpret
         this Plan and shall determine, subject to the provisions of this Plan,
         the Eligible Employees who become Participants in the Plan from time to
         time and the amount, if any, due a Participant (or his Beneficiary)
         under this Plan. To the extent permitted by law, no member of the
         Committee shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted
         in connection with the interpretation and administration of this Plan
         unless attributable to his own bad faith or willful misconduct. No
         member of the Committee who is a Participant in this Plan may vote on
         matters affecting his personal benefit under this Plan, but any such
         member shall otherwise be fully entitled to act in matters arising out
         of or affecting this Plan notwithstanding his participation herein. In
         carrying out its duties herein, the Committee shall have discretionary
         authority to exercise all powers and to make all determinations,
         consistent with the terms of the Plan, in all matters entrusted to it,
         and its determinations shall be given deference and shall be final and
         binding on all interested parties.

11.2     Administrative Authority. Except as otherwise specifically provided
         herein, the Committee shall have the sole responsibility for and the
         sole control of the operation and administration of the Plan, and shall
         have the power and authority to take all actions and to make all
         decisions and interpretations which may be necessary or appropriate in
         order to administer and operate the Plan, including, without limiting
         the generality of the foregoing, the power, duty, and responsibility
         to:

         (a)      Resolve and determine all disputes or questions arising under
                  the Plan, including the power to determine the rights of
                  Eligible Employees, Participants, and Beneficiaries, and their
                  respective benefits, and to remedy any ambiguities,
                  inconsistencies, or omissions in the Plan.

         (b)      Adopt such rules of procedure and regulations as in its
                  opinion may be necessary for the proper and efficient
                  administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the
                  Plan.

         (c)      Implement the Plan in accordance with its terms and the rules
                  and regulations adopted as above.

         (d)      Make determinations with respect to the eligibility of any
                  Eligible Employee as a Participant and make determinations
                  concerning the crediting and distribution of Plan Accounts.

         (e)      Appoint any persons or firms, or otherwise act to secure
                  specialized advice or assistance, as it deems necessary or
                  desirable in connection with the administration and operation
                  of the Plan, and the Committee shall be entitled to rely
                  conclusively upon, and shall be fully protected in any action
                  or omission

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                  taken by it in good faith reliance upon the advice or opinion
                  of such firms or persons. The Committee shall have the power
                  and authority to delegate from time to time by written
                  instrument all or any part of its duties, powers, or
                  responsibilities under the Plan, both ministerial and
                  discretionary, as it deems appropriate, to any person or
                  committee, and in the same manner to revoke any such
                  delegation of duties, powers, or responsibilities. Any action
                  of such person or committee in the exercise of such delegated
                  duties, powers, or responsibilities shall have the same force
                  and effect for all purposes hereunder as if the Committee had
                  taken such action. Further, the Committee may authorize one or
                  more persons to execute any certificate or document on behalf
                  of the Committee, in which event any person notified by the
                  Committee of such authorization shall be entitled to accept
                  and; conclusively rely upon any such certificate or document
                  executed by such person as representing action by the
                  Committee until such third person shall have been notified of
                  the revocation of such authority.

11.3     Mutual Exclusion of Responsibility. Neither the Trustee nor the
         Committee shall be obliged to inquire into or be responsible for any
         act or failure to act, or the authority therefor, on the part of the
         other.

11.4     Uniformity of Discretionary Acts. Whenever in the administration or
         operation of the Plan discretionary actions by the Committee are
         required or permitted, such actions shall be consistently and uniformly
         applied to all persons similarly situated, and no such action shall be
         taken which shall discriminate in favor of any particular person or
         group of persons.

11.5     Litigation. Except as may be otherwise required by law, in any action
         or judicial proceeding affecting the Plan, no Participant or
         Beneficiary shall be entitled to any notice or service of process, and
         any final judgment entered in such action shall be binding on all
         persons interested in, or claiming under, the Plan.

11.6     Payment of Expenses. The cost of the establishment of the Plan and the
         adoption of the Plan by Company, including but not limited to legal and
         accounting fees, shall be borne by Company. All expenses incurred in
         the administration and operation of the Plan and the Trust shall be
         paid by the Plan, excluding any taxes payable by the Company in respect
         of the Plan or Trust or payable by or from the Trust pursuant to its
         terms.

11.7     Claims Procedure.

         (a)      Notice of Claim. Any Eligible Employee or Beneficiary, or the
                  duly authorized representative of an Eligible Employee or
                  Beneficiary, may file with the Committee a claim for a Plan
                  benefit. Such a claim must be in writing on a form provided by
                  the Committee and must be delivered in person or by mail,
                  postage prepaid, to the Committee c/o Per-Se's General Counsel
                  and Corporate Secretary, as agent for the Committee. Within
                  ninety (90) days after the receipt of such a

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                  claim, the Committee shall send to the claimant, by mail,
                  postage prepaid, a notice of the granting or the denying, in
                  whole or in part, of such claim, unless special circumstances
                  require an extension of time for processing the claim. In no
                  event may the extension exceed ninety (90) days from the end
                  of the initial period. If such an extension is necessary, the
                  claimant will be given a written notice to this effect prior
                  to the expiration of the initial ninety (90) day period. The
                  Committee shall have full discretion to deny or grant a claim
                  in whole or in part in accordance with the terms of the plan.
                  If notice of the denial of a claim is not furnished in
                  accordance with this Section, the claim shall be denied and
                  the claimant shall be permitted to exercise his right to
                  review pursuant to Sections 11.7(c) and 11.7(d) of the Plan,
                  as applicable.

         (b)      Action on Claim. The Committee shall provide to every claimant
                  who is denied a claim for benefits a written notice setting
                  forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the
                  claimant:

                  (i)      The specific reason or reasons for the denial;

                  (ii)     A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions
                           on which the denial is based;

                  (iii)    A description of any additional material or
                           information necessary of the claimant to perfect the
                           claim and an explanation of why such material or
                           information is necessary; and

                  (iv)     An explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.

         (c)      Review of Denial. Within sixty (60) days after the receipt by
                  a claimant of written notification of the denial (in whole or
                  in part) of a claim, the claimant or the claimant's duly
                  authorized representative, upon written application to the
                  Committee, delivered in person or by certified mail, postage
                  prepaid, may review pertinent documents and may submit to the
                  Committee, in writing, issues and comments concerning the
                  claim.

         (d)      Decision on Review. Upon the Committee's receipt of a notice
                  of a request for review, the Committee shall make a prompt
                  decision on the review and shall communicate the decision on
                  review in writing to the claimant. The decision on review
                  shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by
                  the claimant and shall include specific reasons for the
                  decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan
                  provisions on which the decision is based. The decision on
                  review shall be made not later than sixty (60) days after the
                  Committee's receipt of a request for a review, unless special
                  circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in
                  which case a decision shall be rendered not later than one
                  hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for
                  review. If an extension is

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                  necessary, the claimant shall be given written notice of the
                  extension by the Committee prior to the expiration of the
                  initial sixty (60) day period. If notice of the decision on
                  review is not furnished in accordance with this Section, the
                  claim shall be denied on review.

11.8     Taxes. All amounts payable hereunder shall be reduced by any and all
         Federal, state, and local taxes imposed upon a Participant or his
         Beneficiary, which are required to be paid or withheld by the Company.
         The determination of the Company regarding applicable income and
         employment tax withholding requirements shall be final and binding on
         the Participant and his Beneficiary.

11.9     Attorney's Fees. The Company shall pay the reasonable attorney's fees
         incurred by any Eligible Employee in an action brought against the
         Company to enforce Eligible Employee's rights under the Plan, provided
         that such fees shall only be payable in the event that the Eligible
         Employee prevails in such action.

11.10    No Guarantee of Employment. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be
         construed as a contract of employment between the Company and any
         Employee, or as a right of any Employee to be continued in the
         employment of the Company or as a limitation of the right of the
         Company to discharge any of its Employees, with or without Cause.

11.11    Alienation of Benefits. No Participant shall have the right to assign,
         transfer, hypothecate, encumber or anticipate his interest in any
         benefits under the Plan, nor shall the benefits under the Plan be
         subject to any legal process to levy upon or attach the benefits for
         payment for any claim against the Participant or his spouse or
         Beneficiary. If, notwithstanding the foregoing provision, any
         Participant's benefits are garnished or attached by the order of any
         court, the Company may bring an action for declaratory judgment in a
         court of competent jurisdiction to determine the proper recipient of
         the benefits to be distributed pursuant to the Plan. During the
         pendency of the action, any benefits that become distributable shall be
         paid into the court, as they become distributable, to be distributed by
         the court to the recipient it deems proper at the conclusion of the
         action.

11.12    General Creditor Status. Benefits shall be distributed by the Company
         out of its general assets and no separate fund shall be established to
         secure payment, other than the Trust referred to in Article X. Nothing
         contained in the Plan shall be deemed to create any fiduciary
         relationship between the Company and the Participants. Notwithstanding
         anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that any person acquires
         a right to receive benefits under the Plan, such right shall be no
         greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the
         Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may establish a
         grantor trust for the purpose of helping to defray the obligations
         under the Plan and to the extent that any payment is made from any such
         trust to a Participant or Beneficiary, such payment will be in
         satisfaction of the Company's obligations hereunder.

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            ARTICLE XII--AMENDMENT, TERMINATION OR MERGER OF THE PLAN

12.1     Amendment. The Company reserves the right at any time and from time to
         time to modify or amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the
         provisions of the Plan, provided that no modification or amendment
         shall be made which shall affect adversely any right or obligation of
         any Participant with respect to a Participant's accrued interest or to
         contributions theretofore made, without the consent of the affected
         Participant(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any modification or
         amendment of the Plan may be made, retroactively, if necessary, which
         the Company deems necessary or proper to bring the Plan into conformity
         with any law or governmental regulation relating to the Plan. No
         amendment to this Plan shall decrease a Participant's account balance.

12.2     Termination. The Company may terminate the Plan in whole or in part for
         any reason at any time. In the case of such termination or partial
         termination, distributions shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
         Article IX. The Company has established the Plan with the bona fide
         intention and expectation that the Plan will continue indefinitely, but
         the Company shall be under no obligation to maintain the Plan for any
         given length of time and may, in its sole discretion, terminate the
         Plan at any time without any liability whatsoever.

12.3     Notice of Amendment or Termination. Notice of every such amendment or
         termination shall be given in writing to each Participant and
         Beneficiary of a deceased Participant.

                           ARTICLE XIII--MISCELLANEOUS

13.1     Use and Form of Words. Wherever appropriate, words used herein in the
         singular may include the plural or the plural may be read as the
         singular, the masculine may include the feminine, and the neuter may
         include both the masculine and the feminine.

13.2     Headings. Headings of Articles and Sections are inserted solely for
         convenience and reference, and constitute no part of the Plan.

13.3     References to Laws, Regulations and Findings. All references herein to
         sections of the Code, ERISA, or other laws, or any regulations or
         filings thereunder, shall be deemed to refer to such sections as they
         may subsequently be modified, amended, replaced or amplified by any
         federal statutes, regulations or rulings of similar application and
         import.

13.4     Severability. If any provisions of the Plan shall be held by a court of
         competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
         provisions of the Plan shall continue to be fully effective.

13.5     Governing Law. The Plan and all Election Form s shall be construed in
         accordance with the Code and, to the extent applicable, the laws of the
         State of Georgia excluding any

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         conflicts-of-law provisions.

         The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Per-Se Technologies,
Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as adopted by the Board of Directors
of Per-Se on December 6, 2001, to be effective as of January 1, 2002.

ATTEST:                                    PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 /s/ PAUL J. QUINER                        By: /s/ PHILIP M. PEAD
----------------------------                  --------------------------------
Paul J. Quiner                             Philip M. Pead
Corporate Secretary                        President and Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.41

                            PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                     BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PROGRAM
                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN

                              [effective 01-01-02]

The following outlines the terms of the compensation plan for all non-employees
serving on the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Per-Se Technologies, Inc.
("Per-Se"). The intent of this plan is to compensate such individuals fairly for
their talents and time spent on behalf of Per-Se.

COMPENSATION:

                                CASH COMPENSATION

Board Fees

                  Annual Retainer:
$16,000.00

                  Board Meeting Fee:
$1,000.00
                  (per meeting attended)

Committee Fees

         (a)      Committee Chair Annual Retainer

                  Audit Committee Chair:
$4,000.00

                  Other Committees Chairs:
$2,000.00

         (b)      Committee Meeting Fees
                  (per meeting attended)

                  Audit Committee:
$2,000.00

                  Other Committees:
$1,000.00

                               EQUITY COMPENSATION

Stock Options
<PAGE>

                  Initial Grant:                                  10,000 Shares
                  (upon first election or appointment)

                  Annual Grant:                                   10,000 Shares
<PAGE>

ADMINISTRATION:

         General. The Company is the administrator of the plan. The Company is
responsible for ensuring timely payment of both the cash and equity elements of
the plan according to the guidelines set forth below, and for monitoring and
controlling deferred compensation under the plan pursuant to the Per-Se
Technologies, Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Credit Plan (the
"Deferred Stock Credit Plan"), and the Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Deferred Stock
Unit Plan (the "Deferred Stock Unit Plan") (effective as of October 1, 2001,
subject to stockholder approval). For purposes of annual retainers, annual stock
option grants, and deferral elections, a "Board Year" begins with the Annual
Meeting of the Board held each year immediately following the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (generally during the month of May), and ends on the day before the
next Annual Meeting of the Board.

         Meeting Attendance. Meeting attendance is required for payment of the
associated fee. Attendance is determined by the official minutes of the meeting
of the Board or committee, as recorded by the Secretary of the meeting
(typically, the Secretary of Per-Se). A valid meeting for purposes of
compensation can be held in person or by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment as long as the necessary quorum is present;
provided, however, that telephone meetings of committee members held to conclude
business of previously adjourned meetings and of less than 30 minutes in
duration are considered to be normal contacts in the performance of duties as a
Board member and are not compensable as committee meetings. No fee is payable in
connection with Board or committee action taken by unanimous written consent in
lieu of a meeting.

         Cash Compensation. Cash compensation is paid by check or direct
deposit, as requested by the Director, on a quarterly basis, no later than the
15th of the month following the end of the quarter in which the fees are earned.
No taxes are withheld. Each Director will receive a Form 1099 at the end of the
calendar year with respect to any cash compensation paid during that year.

         Equity Compensation. Equity compensation is in the form of stock
options granted from the Per-Se Technologies, Inc. Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan, as amended. Initial Grants are made as of the date of first
election or appointment to the Board. Annual Grants are made as of the date of
the Annual Meeting of the Board and are for services rendered during the
previous Board Year. Any person elected to the Board during a Board Year [may]
receive a prorated portion of the Annual Grant based on the number of months
served in that Board Year.

         Deferral of Compensation. The terms and conditions upon which cash
compensation may be deferred under the plan are set forth in the Deferred Stock
Credit Plan and the Deferred Stock Unit Plan. Initial deferred compensation
elections for new Directors must be made within 30 days of election or
appointment to the Board. Deferred compensation elections thereafter will be
accepted once per year during the 30 days prior to the Annual Board Meeting and
will be effective for compensation paid with respect to the following Board
Year.

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