Law360, New York (June 3, 2015, 10:11 AM EDT) -- You trust your doctor to provide competent, compassionate care with the expectation your personal information is safeguarded. But many patients have found out the hard way that a trip to the doctor's office can end up costing them more than just their copay due to the rise in medical identity theft. In March 2015, Anthem Inc. reported that hackers have accessed personal information for approximately 80 million former and current patients and employees, including birthdays, addresses, Social Security numbers and financial details. It is likely that "tens of millions" of records were stolen as a result of this single incident. Medical identity theft is dangerous because it's not the same as identity theft dealing with a stolen credit card number where you can get another card and recoup all lost funds. Medical identity theft goes a step further by allowing thieves to steal a patient's identity to receive free medical services, buy medical products, and file false health claims with private insurers, Medicare and Medicaid....