| Price shown | "Get Doctors Note for $39" / "$39" "Verified doctor's note" (https://doctornote.health/, seen 2026-09-23); "$39" "no hidden fees" (https://doctornote.health/services/note-for-work) source | "$29.99 flat pricing" / "The price is a flat $29.99" (https://www.sickslip.co/, seen 2026-09-23); "$29.99" (https://www.sickslip.co/doctors-note-for-work and https://www.sickslip.co/real-doctors-note) source |
| How the visit works | "Fill Out Form" , "Provide basic information about your situation and requirements"; "Doctor Review" , "Medical practitioner reviews your case" (homepage). No chat/video/phone described. https://www.doctornote.health/request-note rendered only loading images to the fetcher. source | "Complete a short health intake , your symptoms, the dates affected, and who the note is for. Two minutes from your phone." "No video call: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services counts secure messaging with your provider as telehealth." (https://www.sickslip.co/how-it-works). Terms: a "documentation-focused digital platform designed to facilitate licensed clinician review of absence-related medical documentation". source |
| Promised turnaround | "Online Doctor's Note in 10 minutes for school or work"; "Delivered in Just 10 Minutes"; "Most requests are reviewed and processed within 10 minutes"; also "Receive your doctor's note in under an hour" (homepage). | "same-day delivery" / "delivered the same day" (homepage, how-it-works); "Most notes are reviewed and delivered the same day, often within hours" (doctors-note-for-work); page title "Ready in Minutes". |
| Physician named on the site | No physician named on the pages read: Homepage shows a "Dr. Ryan Stanton" image/testimonial; about-us lists no provider names or credentials. | Yes: Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (Board-Certified Internal Medicine) source |
| NPI shown, and what the federal registry returns | Not shown | Shown: 1326223306 (homepage, how-it-works, about, about/dr-adam-kawalek). Federal registry returns: 1326223306, ADAM KAWALEK, M.D., Hospitalist (primary, CA A98208); Internal Medicine (OR CP209872, MD D92157), Active. NPPES lists only three state licenses (CA, OR, MD); the site's 29-state list is not verifiable from NPPES alone. source |
| States claimed | Not found; "Trusted by 100,000+ Customers Nationwide" only. | 29 states listed by name on the homepage FAQ, how-it-works and the physician page (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI). The federal NPI registry lists three of those licenses (CA, OR, MD); the rest are state medical board records. source |
| Refund policy | Refund policy page: "If your doctor's note is rejected by your employer, professor, or institution, you are eligible for a full refund" , contact within 7 days with proof of rejection; no refunds for incomplete information, misuse, or change of mind after delivery (https://doctornote.health/refund-policy). Homepage separately states "If a note is rejected by an employer for any reason, we'll refund 2x the note's price". source | Homepage: "if a note can't be issued, you receive a full refund". Terms: refunds when requests are denied before clinician review, on technical failure, or if an employer rejects documentation; no refund if documentation was issued as submitted and accepted, or if fraudulent information was provided (https://www.sickslip.co/terms). source |
| Guarantee claims | "Risk-Free Purchase" / "Money Back Guarantee"; "we'll refund 2x the note's price" (homepage) | "Reported 98% Acceptance" (homepage) | "No Note, No Charge" / "100% refund if we can't issue your note" (homepage, doctors-note-for-work, real-doctors-note) , no employer-acceptance guarantee text |
| Patient-count claims | "Trusted by 100,000+ Customers Nationwide" (https://doctornote.health/ and /about-us and /services/note-for-work) | "3,500 live" (homepage, context unclear) source | "7,300+ notes issued" (homepage and about page, corrected 2026-09-23 to the production count of 7,334 approved notes) source |
| Trustpilot | 24 reviews, score 3.4; claimed profile; (read 2026-09-23) source | 66 reviews, score 4.8; claimed profile; The site itself says: "4.8 on Trustpilot" (homepage, about, doctors-note-for-work, real-doctors-note); (read 2026-09-24) source |
| Better Business Bureau | No BBB profile found | No BBB profile found |
| Domain registered | 2025-10-10, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden | 2024-02-21, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden |
| Company named in the terms | Terms: "DoctorNote Health LLC" at "30 N Gould St, STE R, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA"; governed by "the laws of the State of Wyoming". About-us: "Since 2015". | "© 2026 SickSlip, Inc" (footer). Terms and privacy: "SickSlip, Inc., a Delaware corporation"; "Clinical review and issuance of documentation are provided exclusively through SickSlip P.A., a Florida professional association." Address "8605 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 227120 West Hollywood, CA 90069" (footer shows "8605 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069"); phone (877) 861-4165. |
| How an employer verifies a note | "Employers and professors can directly call the issuing doctor to verify any note" (homepage); "contact the doctor directly" with verification information "clearly listed on every doctor's note" (note-for-work page). No phone number shown on fetched pages. | "Scan the QR code" or "call our verification line at (877) 861-4165" (homepage); /verify: "Enter the Document ID from the physician's note to verify its authenticity" plus phone (877) 861-4165 and an AI-assistant connector option; how-it-works: verifier sees document ID, issue date, absence period, return date, certifying physician and NPI, "Patient name and condition are never shown to employers". |
| What the sample note shows | Note-for-work page describes: physician credentials (name, NPI, state license), QR verification, exact absence dates, electronic signature with timestamp, and a unique document ID for verification at "schdip.co/verify". The domain schdip.co did not resolve (curl exit 000) and returned no WHOIS record on 2026-09-23. | Sample notes on the landing pages show the physician name, NPI, the state medical license line, dates, a document ID and a verification link. Earlier in 2026 the mock printed placeholder DEA and license strings; removed 2026-09-23. The real PDF prints NPI and the state license number, no DEA number. source |
