This NIST publication may be helpful in your HIPAA compliance efforts.  It may be found and downloaded from the NIST Computer Security Resource Center at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/

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NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-89, Recommendation for Obtaining Assurances for Digital Signature Applications . This Recommendation specifies methods for obtaining the assurances necessary for valid digital signatures: assurance of domain parameter validity, assurance of public key validity, assurance that the key pair owner actually possesses the private key, and assurance of the identity of the key pair owner.