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
Compliance Recap: April 2022
READ TIME: 10 MINUTES After several very quiet months this year, April saw renewed compliance activity. The IRS provided guidance on transportation fringe benefits unused due to COVID-19 workplace changes and announced inflation-adjusted amounts for HSAs and HRAs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Medicare Part D rates and the parameters and […]
Read moreGetting Clarity on Transparency: What Health Plan Sponsors Need to Know about Publishing Machine-Readable Files
As of July 1, 2022, group health plans must clear one of the first major compliance hurdles required by the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Final Rules. By that date, plans and insurance carriers must have prepared and posted two machine-readable files (MRFs) to a public website. There is still some confusion surrounding […]
Read moreThree Habits to Avoid Burnout
READ TIME: 4 MINUTES Burnout has become a standard part of our language due to the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ personal and professional lives. A startling 77% of Deloitte’s Workplace Burnout Survey respondents said they had experienced burnout in their current jobs. Remote work has erased the buffer between work and personal […]
Read moreGetting Clarity on Transparency: What Health Plan Sponsors Need to Know about Publishing Machine-Readable Files
READ TIME: 10 MINUTES As of July 1, 2022, group health plans must clear one of the first major compliance hurdles required by the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Final Rules. By that date, plans and insurance carriers must have prepared and posted two machine-readable files (MRFs) to a public website so […]
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