MMRGlobal and Healthcare Merchant Solutions Enter Into $10 Million Personal Health Records Sales Agreement

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 19, 2013) -   MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCQB: MMRF) ("MMR") and Healthcare Merchant Solutions ("HMS") today jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement to begin offering MMR's patented MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record ("PHR") to HMS clients currently not doing business with MMR, including physician offices, surgery centers and other healthcare professionals, starting immediately. Healthcare Merchant Solutions is a provider of low cost payment processing solutions to more than 1,000 group medical practices and other providers throughout the United States. HMS will also offer a Personal Health Record to healthcare professionals who are not currently part of the HMS payment network.

Physicians who participate in the joint program will no longer find it necessary to charge patients for the controversial costs associated with providing patients copies of their personal health information. Instead, when patients sign up for a secure MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record account, which covers up to 10 family members including pets, providers receive ongoing residual payments from MMR to cover those costs for the life of the account. According to Robert H. Lorsch, MMRGlobal CEO, "As a result of this program, healthcare professionals nationwide can offer a PHR and receive ongoing residual income to help offset the high cost of HIPAA compliance and requirements of Stage 2 Meaningful Use under HITECH starting in January 2014."

The two companies began working on this relationship in November 2012. HMS' disruptive approach to the market reduces physician processing costs by 50% or more than banks and other payment processing gateways. Using its embedded base of more than 1,000 physician clients, HMS will seamlessly integrate Personal Health Records in addition to the payment processing services they already provide. Philip Posen, Co-Founder of HMS, said, "We are very excited about this opportunity with MMR. More and more patients every day are asking for copies of their medical records and health information. If each physician we currently support provides an MMR Personal Health Record to only two patients per week, MMR and HMS will end up generating more than $10 million in combined revenue in the first stage of our rollout. From that amount, MMR will pay in excess of $2.5 million a year to physicians to offset costs of processing patient requests for their medical records under HIPAA for the life of a patient's account."

MMRGlobal is a leading provider of Personal Health Records (PHRs) including its MyMedicalRecords.com PHR and MMRPro document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals. The Company was featured in a Special Report dated January 22, 2013 (http://michaelbass.com/PDF/Patent_Valuation.pdf), published by the Michael Bass Research Group on the Personal Health Records market, with particular emphasis on MMRGlobal's MyMedicalRecords health information technology global patent portfolio which at that time did not include issuances in Japan or Canada. According to the analysis, the report included a valuation of the Company's U.S. patents of between $600 million to $1.1 billion based on what is described as conservative estimates and that the market will reach a projected GDP value of $19 billion.

About MMRGlobal
MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc., provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal Health Records ("PHRs") and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, financial institutions, retail pharmacies, and professional organizations and affinity groups. The MyMedicalRecords PHR enables individuals and families to access their medical records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports, insurance policies and wills, anytime from anywhere using the Internet. MyMedicalRecords is built on proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real time through an integrated patient portal. Through its merger with Favrille, Inc. in January 2009, the Company acquired intellectual property biotech assets that include anti-CD20 antibodies and data and samples from its FavId™/Specifid™ vaccine clinical trials for the treatment of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. visit www.mmrglobal.com. View demos and video tutorials of the Company's products and services at www.mmrtheater.com.

About Healthcare Merchant Solutions
Healthcare Merchant Solutions (HMS) is a joint venture between a leading provider in the healthcare payment industry and leading healthcare industry experts. Together, we guide organizations in establishing, managing and expanding payment processing as well as other programs that positively affect their business. With over 24 years of experience in healthcare, payment processing and sales, we know the business of health. We understand the unique nature of healthcare businesses, and the impact payment processing costs have on practices. This understanding, together with our company's commitment to maintaining a standard of elite customer service, allows us to consistently meet the needs of our clients. With dedicated account managers individually assigned to each business, we deliver on our company's fundamental mission: to provide cutting-edge solutions, competitive pricing, and the support of a reliable and trusted partner that helps you add greater value to your business. For more information, visit www.healthcaremerchantsolutions.com.

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