| Price shown | "Authentic doctor's note starting at $39.99"; "Our regular and COVID-19 doctor's notes are $39.99"; "travel notes, ESA (Emotional Support Animal) letters, and Customized notes are now $89.00" (https://mydrsnote.com/, seen 2026-09-23) | "$39.99" (https://mydrsnote.com/online-doctors-note/ and https://mydrsnote.com/doctor-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 | "Simply sign up and complete our online form to receive a real doctor's note within an hour" (regular notes); "Simply book a 15 minute video visit with one of our Board Certified Physicians" (travel/ESA/customized). FAQ: "For a regular doctor's note or a COVID-19 note, no appointments are needed"; travel, ESA and customized notes "do require a 15 minute video appointment" (https://mydrsnote.com/faqs/). 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 | Homepage: "within an hour". FAQ: "you can expect to receive the doctor's note within two hours from the time of your submission"; travel/ESA/customized "within 4 hours of the video appointment". Work page: "delivered...in minutes". | "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 | Yes: Aaron Sartin, MD (Co-Founder); Sally Sartin, MD (Co-Founder) source | Yes: Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (Board-Certified Internal Medicine) source |
| NPI shown, and what the federal registry returns | Shown: 1609053032 (Aaron Sartin), 1063699494 (Sally Sartin) on https://mydrsnote.com/meet-the-team/. Federal registry returns: 1609053032, AARON SARTIN, M.D., Family Medicine, CA (A105914), Active; 1063699494, SALLY SARTIN, M.D., Family Medicine, Active. | 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 | "Available in all 50 States" / "Our service is available in all 50 states" (homepage, FAQ); "Board-Certified licensed physicans in all 50 states" (work page, sic). | 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 | FAQ: "Once you have received a signed doctor's note from us, you will not be able to receive any refunds." Terms: "We operate under a non-refundable policy. The only circumstance we will consider a refund is if there occurs an operational failure on our end due to unforeseen circumstances." (https://mydrsnote.com/terms-and-conditions/) 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 | "We stand behind every note that we provide and are ready to verify your note should your employer or school call" (homepage) , no acceptance or money-back guarantee text found | "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 | Not shown | "7,300+ notes issued" (homepage and about page, corrected 2026-09-23 to the production count of 7,334 approved notes) source |
| Trustpilot | 455 reviews, score 4.9; claimed profile; paid Trustpilot subscription; (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 | 2023-04-12, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden | 2024-02-21, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden |
| Company named in the terms | Footer: "My Dr's Note LLC operates under the affiliation and management of HealthSource Medical Associates PLLC". Terms: "HealthSource Medical Associates, PLLC" operating as "MY DR's NOTE", governed by the laws of the State of Washington; address "100 N. Howard St. Ste R, Spokane, Washington 99201". | "© 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 | "We stand behind and validate our notes should your employer or school call us for verification of the note." (FAQ). Contact shown: contact@hsourcemed.com, 1-509-934-3134 (work page). | "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 | No sample-note image found on homepage, /online-doctors-note/ or /doctor-note-for-work/ (seen 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 |
