About

Founded in 1998 by Mark Cullen, Compass Health began providing mental health services through a partnership with other rural Southwest Louisiana healthcare providers. Out of this experience grew a community mental health center and a mental health rehab agency serving residents of Lafayette, Vermilion, Iberia, and Acadia Parishes.

A short while later, a partnership with the local hospital was developed. Mark discovered the unique struggles that face community hospitals and began to explore solutions that would meet the needs of healthcare organizations and the patients they serve. These efforts led to multiple community hospital partnerships and the development of a regional behavioral health system covering all levels of care such as inpatient psychiatric services, intensive outpatient services, and outpatient services.