Emmi Solutions Partners with MetCare as Part of Patient Centered
Medical Home Program

MetCare to Implement Customer Education Initiative to Bolster Communication and Disease Management Capabilities

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (July 14, 2009) — Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (NYSE Amex: MDF), (“MetCare”) a leading provider of healthcare services in Florida, today announced a further development in the company’s transformation to a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) health care delivery model. The company has selected Emmi Solutions, a developer of interactive patient education programs, to provide self-management tools for MetCare’s customer education initiative. The programs will be available to customers of the company’s nine wholly-owned internal medicine offices in South and Central Florida.

“Customer education helps improve the overall health care experience as well as increase the confidence in MetCare’s ability to provide quality, comprehensive care,” said Jose Guethon, MD, MBA, President and Chief Operating Officer of MetCare of Florida. “Customer education is a best practice and a key component of MetCare’s transformation from a traditional healthcare delivery model to a PCMH model. Emmi® programs provide our physicians with a useful tool to coordinate our customers’ overall care. Giving our customers an opportunity to learn about and manage their specific medical conditions improves their health care quality and promotes prevention. We believe that with an engaged and well-informed customer, we can deliver better outcomes for them and derive substantial cost reductions throughout our system.”

Emmi programs are presented to patients in a multimedia format on a computer using a conversational voice to guide patients and make complex medical information easy to understand. The programs engage patients at their own level and cover more than 100 medical procedures and conditions, including asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

A MetCare doctor can prescribe an Emmi program to his or her patient during an office visit. The patient will be given a confidential access code to view the program from his or her home computer or another location, such as a library or community center. Through Emmi’s administrative portal, the doctor will be able to check whether the patient has watched the prescribed program by the next visit. This gives the doctor and patient an opportunity to further discuss questions or concerns about a chronic illness, medication, or medical device.

"Creating informed and activated patients is the foundation of the Patient Centered Medical Home and is a proven strategy for improving quality and lowering healthcare costs." said Ronald Rooth, chief executive officer for Emmi Solutions. "MetCare is fundamentally changing the way they engage patients before, during, and after each encounter with the healthcare system. Through our partnership, they are making effective communication with patients the standard of care."

About Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc.
Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (“MetCare”) is a growing healthcare organization that provides comprehensive healthcare services for Medicare Advantage members and other patients in Florida. To learn more about MetCare please visit its website at www.metcare.com.

About Emmi Solutions, LLC
Emmi Solutions, LLC, Emmi Solutions, LLC, is the creator of technology-based communication solutions and producer of award-winning Emmi programs. Healthcare organizations nationwide use Emmi to engage patients and positively impact the patient experience across the continuum of care. Whether it’s helping people prepare for a procedure or manage a chronic disease, every detail of the Emmi platform is designed with a single goal in mind: to improve the patient experience. For more information, please visit www.emmisolutions.com.