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                filed by NovaMed, Inc. on March 16, 2006</font></td>
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Unassociated Document
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 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):
March
      16, 2006
NovaMed,
                Inc.
(Exact
                Name of Registrant as Specified in
                Charter)
NovaMed,
      Inc.
_____________
Delaware
0-26625
36-4116193
(State
                or Other Jurisdiction
of
                Incorporation)
(Commission
File
                Number)
(IRS
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
980
                North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1620, Chicago,
                Illinois
60611
(Address
                of Principal Executive
                Offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code
(312)
      664-4100
Section
      2 - Financial Information
Item
      2.02
Results
      of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
      March
      16, 2006, NovaMed, Inc. filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission to report that it will not timely file its Annual Report on Form
      10-K
      for the year ended December 31, 2005.
The
      narrative portions of the Form 12b-25, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
      99.1
      to this report, are incorporated herein by reference.
The
      information in this item shall be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
      of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Section
      9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item
      9.01
Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Title
99.1
Narrative Portions of
                  Form 12b-25
                  filed by
NovaMed,
                  Inc. on March 16, 2006
SIGNATURE
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.
NovaMed,
              Inc.
Date: March
              16, 2006
By:
/s/
              Scott T.
              Macomber
Scott
              T. Macomber, Executive Vice President and Chief
              Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
99.1
Narrative Portions of
                Form 12b-25
                filed by NovaMed, Inc. on March 16, 2006