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<FILING-DATE>20040206
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<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>COMPUTER PROGRAMS & SYSTEMS INC
<CIK>0001169445
<ASSIGNED-SIC>7371
<IRS-NUMBER>743032373
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6600 WALL STREET
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36695
<PHONE>2516398100
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
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<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>MULHERIN WILLIAM A III
<CIK>0001215663
</OWNER-DATA>
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<FORM-TYPE>4/A
<ACT>34
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<FILM-NUMBER>04574699
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O CPSI SOLUTIONS
<STREET2>6600 WALL ST
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36695
<PHONE>2516398100
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>228 S. MCGREGOR AVE
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36608
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-07-29</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-07-30</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001169445</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMPUTER PROGRAMS &amp; SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CPSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001215663</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MULHERIN WILLIAM A III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>107 SAINT FRANCIS STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 2206</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MOBILE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>36602</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-07-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>122</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>15.90</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>222</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>As custodian for minor daughter</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This amount includes 100 shares previously reported in a separate line item as indirectly owned by Mr. Mulherin's minor daughter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amendment is filed to change the reported beneficial ownership of these shares from direct to indirect in order to reflect that these shares were purchased for the account of Mr. Mulherin's minor daughter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>W. Austin Mulherin, III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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