UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
______________


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): January 26, 2012


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

Delaware

000-49796

74-3032373

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


6600 Wall Street,

Mobile, Alabama

 

36695

(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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 26, 2012, Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. ("CPSI") issued a press release announcing financial information for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.  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 January 26, 2012.

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:

January 26, 2012

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

Exhibit

 
99.1

Press Release dated January 26, 2012.*

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