By Nancy Libin and David Saunders (June 19, 2018, 2:04 PM EDT) -- Over the past year, in this space we have examined the declining trend of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights since the start of the current presidential administration. While OCR continues to investigate claims of HIPAA violations, the undeniable fact is that the pace of announced enforcement actions has slowed to a trickle. The last OCR HIPAA-related enforcement action dates back to February of this year, and there have only been two announced enforcement actions this calendar year. This pace seems to be the new normal of this presidential administration. So it's time for covered entities and business associates everywhere to relax, right? Not so fast....