While the compensability of time spent in internship programs continues to be an hotly contested litigation issue, the United States Supreme Court has declined an opportunity to provide clarity in this area, denying certiorari to a Florida medical billing intern whose claim was rejected last year by the Eleventh Circuit.  Kaplan v. Code Blue Billing & Coding, Inc., 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8046 (U.S. 2013). 

Perhaps multiple requests for high court review of an appellate decision will be necessary before the Supreme Court addresses the status of interns under the FLSA, as was required before the Court accepted review of the exempt status of pharmaceutical sales representatives.