Benji Marrs
Sr. Benefit Strategist
Benji is a 1998 graduate of Transylvania University with a degree in Business Administration. Since joining Bim Group in 1999, Benji has primarily served large group employers across all industries to finance benefits – with an emphasis on improving the clinical health of employees and dependents. He achieved notable success with employers in the government and healthcare sectors. He focuses on identifying cost avoidance and risk mitigation opportunities, while developing multi-year strategic plans.
Recent Insights
Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? Managing Taxes for a Growing Remote Workforce
READ TIME: 5 MINUTES Remote work remains a growing focus of employers with employees increasingly seeking jobs that permit remote or hybrid work arrangements. Though the flexibility and benefits of remote work for employees is highly desired, it comes with some additional considerations and potential tax complications for the employer. State Income Tax Withholding Considerations […]
Read moreGroup Health Plan Guide to COBRA
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits due to job loss, reduction in hours, death, divorce, and other life events the right to choose to temporarily continue health benefits provided by their group health plan. This guide includes: Employers required to offer COBRA Plan types […]
Read moreTimely Responses Required for Requests under HIPAA’s Right of Access Rule
READ TIME: 4 MINUTES On December 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Rule. This penalty illustrates that the Right of Access Rule remains a focus of HHS and that health […]
Read moreMarch 2024 Compliance Recap
READ TIME: 7 MINUTES ACA reporting is in its first year of the required electronic reporting for employers filing ten or more returns annually. Employers and employees must make changes to HSAs by the April 15 deadline. Employers of all sizes continued to prepare for the June 1 RxDC Reporting using the newly released instructions. […]
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