| Price shown | "$24.95" with "Money-Back Guarantee" (https://onlinedoctornote.com/, seen 2026-09-23); "$24.95" (https://onlinedoctornote.com/about) 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 | "Complete the form" → "Answer a few simple questions about your absence"; "A board-certified physician licensed in your state reviews your request"; "Get your signed doctor's note delivered straight to your email inbox" (homepage). Terms: "Consumers input health information which is reviewed by a licensed provider, and if appropriate, a digital doctor's note will be issued and sent electronically". | "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 | "Get your note in minutes, not hours" (homepage); "Get Your Doctor's Note in Minutes" (about). | "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 | 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 | "Valid Nationwide" and "Accepted across 46 states" (homepage; no state list). | 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: "100% money-back guarantee. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with our service or if your note is not accepted by your employer or school" (https://onlinedoctornote.com/terms-of-service). Homepage: "Full refund if your note isn't accepted". FAQ page (https://onlinedoctornote.com/faq) shows question headings only; answers not rendered server-side. 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 | "100% Money Back Guarantee" / "Full refund if your note isn't accepted" (https://onlinedoctornote.com/) source | "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 80,000+ patients nationwide" (https://onlinedoctornote.com/) source | "7,300+ notes issued" (homepage and about page, corrected 2026-09-23 to the production count of 7,334 approved notes) source |
| Trustpilot | 60 reviews, score 4.6; 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 | 2025-03-04, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden | 2024-02-21, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant hidden |
| Company named in the terms | Terms: "ODN LLC, doing business as OnlineDoctorNote.com" registered in Delaware; governing law New York; address "5740 SW 67th Avenue, Miami, FL 33143" (terms and privacy policy). Footer: "© 2026 OnlineDoctorNote.com". Contact: hello@onlinedoctornote.com, 917-300-8543 (8am–8pm EST). | "© 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: "We verify your note if your employer or school calls" / "Employer / School Verification". https://onlinedoctornote.com/verify returns HTTP 308 to https://phealthclinic.com/verify, a page branded "Platinum Health Clinic" that asks the verifier to "enter the medical record number located in the upper right corner of the note" and select "Verify document" (no phone/email/hours shown). phealthclinic.com WHOIS: created 2026-08-26, Name.com, privacy-protected. 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 | No sample-note image found on fetched pages (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 |
