LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2006--Hythiam, Inc. (NASDAQ:HYTM), a healthcare services management company that licenses the PROMETA(R) treatment protocols designed to treat alcohol, methamphetamine and cocaine dependence, announced today that the PROMETA protocols have been licensed for use at St. John Health's Brighton Hospital, a historic facility founded by Harry Henderson, a colleague of Dr. Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and solely dedicated to the treatment of addictive disorders. Located in Brighton, Michigan, Brighton Hospital is one of nine hospitals and 125 medical facilities that are a part of St. John Health, a major provider of healthcare in southeastern Michigan. Both inpatient and outpatient treatment models are employed at Brighton Hospital, which is staffed by addiction medicine physicians and addiction-credentialed clinicians.
