| Price shown | "$29" , "One-time payment · No subscription" (https://www.noteforwork.com/, seen 2026-09-23) 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 a short form" / "Answer a few questions about your symptoms online. Takes under 5 minutes" / "No appointment · No video call · No insurance needed" (homepage). Terms: "Asynchronous telehealth services for the limited purpose of physician-signed work and school absence documentation for minor illnesses". | "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 | "60 minutes or it's free" / "Current average turnaround: 6 minutes" (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 | Yes: Dr. Manavjeet Sidhu, MD, MBA; Dr. Daniel Olivero, MD; Dr. Chihui Yuan, DO source | Yes: Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (Board-Certified Internal Medicine) source |
| NPI shown, and what the federal registry returns | Shown: 1861849101 (Sidhu), 1902144512 (Olivero), 1922494848 (Yuan) on https://www.noteforwork.com/. Federal registry returns: 1861849101, MANAVJEET SIDHU, Emergency Medicine, CA (A150589), Active; 1902144512, DANIEL OLIVERO, M.D., Family Medicine (primary PA MD455879); other license states listed: DE, AR, AZ, AK, LA, NC, DC, CA, AL, CT, CO, Active; 1922494848, CHIHUI YUAN, D.O., Internal 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 | "Service available in 35+ states + DC" (homepage; no list rendered). | 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 | Terms: "If your note is not delivered within 60 minutes of physician approval due to a platform error on our part, you are entitled to a full refund" (https://www.noteforwork.com/terms.html). Homepage: "60 minutes or it's free". 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 | "60 minutes or it's free"; "Employer Acceptance Guarantee"; "100% accurate or we fix it immediately, no charge" (homepage). Terms define the guarantee as 60 minutes from physician approval, not from submission. | "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 | HTTP 404 , no Trustpilot profile exists for this domain.; (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 | 2021-03-31, registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC, registrant hidden | 2024-02-21, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden |
| Company named in the terms | "Noteforwork PC, a California Professional Corporation" (homepage); terms: "Noteforwork PC, a California professional medical corporation", governed by California law; no address in terms or privacy policy. Intake hosted at app.noteforwork.com. | "© 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 | Homepage: "QR code and unique Note ID linked to our secure verification portal" / "scan the QR code or enter the Note ID". Employer guide: (1) scan QR, (2) "Visit noteforwork.com/verify and enter the Note ID", (3) email verify@noteforwork.com. On 2026-09-23 https://www.noteforwork.com/verify returned HTTP 404 (curl body: "404 | tiiny.host ... Sorry, this content doesn't exist."). source | "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 | Employer guide describes the verification record as showing physician name and credentials, California medical license number, state-specific license number for the patient's location, NPI, patient name, excused dates and issuance date (https://www.noteforwork.com/employer-guide-telehealth-work-notes.html). No sample image captured. source | 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 |
