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): October 19, 2006


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


          Delaware                 000-49796                74-3032373
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File          (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)             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 October 19, 2006, Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. ("CPSI")
issued a press release announcing financial information for its fiscal third
quarter and nine months ended September 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

         99.1       Press Release dated October 19, 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
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                                 J. Boyd Douglas
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer


Dated: October 19, 2006






                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number      Exhibit
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    99.1            Press Release dated October 19, 2006. *


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