Allison Smith Newsome

Allison focuses her practice on the representation of hospitals, physician groups, and other health care organizations regarding the regulatory, transactional, and business aspects of health care law. Additionally, she assists banks in USD and foreign currency LIBOR remediation and closing SBA loans for commercial lenders. She assists in the sale, purchase, mergers and acquisitions, and leasing of health care assets, facilities, and services, including nursing homes, senior housing facilities, and physician practices. Allison also advises health and life sciences clients on startup and financing, employment, reimbursement, hospital and physician joint ventures, state professional and facility licensing issues, food and drug law, and various regulatory matters, including HIPAA, Stark and Anti-Kickback issues. Additionally, Allison counsels research organizations and medical device companies and has experience in matters pertaining to telehealth, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.

Prior to joining Taft as an associate, Allison served as a summer associate in 2017 and 2018. Allison received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2019 and was the commencement speaker for her graduating class. She was also honored as the 2019 Student of the Year and served her peers as a Student Bar Association Senator (three-year term) and Graduate Student Council President. Allison serves as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, teaching Advanced Transactional Legal Writing, and as the Rocky River Magistrate for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s Diversion Program.

Publications

Co-Author, “Dr. Watson, A.I.: The Current Approach to Artificial Intelligence Training in the Medical Field and Legal Considerations for AI Diagnosis Dependence,” American Health Law Association, July 6, 2023.

Co-Author, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not LIBOR: FCA Announces Official Publication of Synthetic USD LIBOR Through Sept. 30, 2024,” Taft Law Bulletin, April 12, 2023.

Author, “Long-Term Care Providers: Arbitration Alert,” Taft Law Bulletin, July 27, 2022.

Co-Author, “A HIPAA Right to Privacy Remains: Federal Government Issues Guidance and Orders Following Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs,” Taft Law Bulletin, July 18, 2022.

Co-Author, “Focus Turned Home: LIBOR Cessation Completion for Multi-Currency Facilities and the USD LIBOR Remediation Status,” Taft Law Bulletin, May 3, 2022.

Co-Author, “The Empire State Assists In Toppling a Giant, Setting the Stage for Federal LIBOR Legislation,” Taft Law Bulletin, April 28, 2021.

Co-Author, “It’s Beginning To Look Like a SONIA Spring,” Taft Law Bulletin, March 30, 2021.

Co-Author, “Losing LIBOR: LIBOR Receives Official End Date,” Taft Law Bulletin, March 5, 2021.

Author, “Don’t Take A Shot In The Dark: Legal Implications & Considerations of A Mandatory Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Bar Journal, Feb. 23, 2021.

Co-Author, “New HHS Rules Loosen the Stark and Anti-Kickback Reins on Health Care Providers and Suppliers,” Taft Law Bulletin, Jan. 11, 2021.

Co-Author, “Department of Agriculture Issued Nationwide Waivers for Summer Nutrition Program,” Taft Law Bulletin, June 30, 2020.

Co-Author, “Requirements and Considerations for Educational Institutions Serving Children with Special Needs Under IDEA, Rehabilitation Act and ADA,” Taft Law Bulletin, May 8, 2020.

Co-Author, “House Bill 197 Provisions Regarding School Leadership Evaluations, Education Metrics and Distance Learning,” Taft Law Bulletin, April 28, 2020.

Co-Author, “Department of Education’s DeVos Announces $3 Billion Relief Grant for Governors,” Taft Law Bulletin, March 28, 2020.

Author, “Preserving the Possibility of a Future Biological Family: State-Mandated Insurance Coverage of Fertility Preservation for Youth Patients When Primary Treatment Causes Sterility” Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law Journal, UCLA and the Williams Institute, 2019.

Speeches

CMBA and Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio Medical/Legal Summit Presenter, “Artificial Intelligence Applications in Healthcare,” Feb. 24, 2024.

Moderator, “Demystifying AI in Health Care,” American Health Law Association, Sept. 22, 2023.

Panelist, “Women in Business Summit,” Tennis in the Land, Aug. 22, 2023.

Presenter, “AI Art and IP Law,” Fan Expo Cleveland, March 24, 2023.

Moderator, “Silent Partner panel,” Cleveland International Film Festival, April 6, 2022.

Panelist, “Women in the Workplace, an Authentic Conversation,” Case Western Reserve University Professional Development Series, March 23, 2022.

Panelist, “Creating the Art and Protecting the Work,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association CLE, March 18, 2022.

Moderator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Annual State of the Court, May 20, 2021.