A patient’s spouse comes to the office and requests diagnostic and treatment information about…

A patient’s spouse comes to the office and requests diagnostic and treatment information about his wife. The spouse is the primary policyholder on which his wife is named on the policy as a dependent. The insurance specialist should

a. allow the patient’s spouse to review the actual record in the office, but not release a copy.

b. inform the patient’s spouse that he must request the information from his insurance company.

c. obtain a signed patient authorization from the wife before releasing patient information.

d. release a copy of the information to the patient’s spouse, because he is the primary policyholder.