What beneficiary rights relate to privacy, access, and complaints?

• A. The right to privacy in all health information handling with no access to records.
• B. The right to request restrictions on certain uses of PHI, but not to access records.
• C. The rights to privacy and confidential handling of PHI, access to medical records, and ability to file complaints or request amendments.
• D. The right to obtain PHI without any identification or authentication.

Answer: (C)

The main idea being tested is the rights individuals have over their protected health information: privacy, access to their medical records, and the ability to seek redress or corrections. The best option states that people have the right to privacy and confidential handling of PHI, the right to access their medical records, and the ability to file complaints or request amendments. This reflects how PHI must be kept confidential, and how individuals can access their records and pursue issues they find incorrect or unfair via complaints or amendments.

Why the other options don’t fit: denying access to records contradicts the fundamental right to view one’s own records. suggesting restrictions can be requested but removing access entirely misrepresents the access right. and allowing PHI to be obtained without identification or authentication would violate privacy and proper security controls.