UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2006


                       COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Delaware                     000-49796                 74-3032373
(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)

       6600 Wall Street,                                          36695
       Mobile, Alabama                                          (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive
           Offices)

                                 (251) 639-8100
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On July 20, 2006,  Computer  Programs and Systems,  Inc.  ("CPSI") issued a
press release announcing financial information for its fiscal second quarter and
six months ended June 30, 2006. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Form 8-K and is furnished to, but not filed with, the Commission.


Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

     Exhibit Number             Exhibit
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     99.1                       Press Release dated July 20, 2006.











                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                       COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ J. Boyd Douglas
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           J. Boyd Douglas
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


Dated: July 20, 2006











                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number             Exhibit
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99.1                       Press Release dated July 20, 2006.*


*    This  exhibit  is  furnished  to, but not filed  with,  the  Commission  by
     inclusion herein.