Not a medical question per se and your jurisdictions will vary with laws.
An individual comes in for diagnosis, and you concur that he or she has something and perscribe what ever to combat the ailment.
After this, he requests a note from you , as his employer requires proof for calling in sick. You may depending on your circumstances, tell him that will be a billing item and charge him what ever your rate is for that. He agrees and promptly pays.
You write up the note and all is well.
Could you then bill the company at what ever rate you charge for a medical consultation, since they require the proof of ailment, as well ?
I know some companies have different sick leave policies, but the ones I am asking about are common for using the medical profession as a truancy enforcer.
Ansewer not required fast, and I am on track to have a perfect year for attendance so its just a curious enquiry.
My doctor charges for writing notes if you ask for one outside of an appointment. And you had to go and get the note to hand deliver it to work, they would not fax it over. This was no fun when I had a dizziness problem and was even less so when I had whooping cough.
Here you self-certify for the first 7 days, then your GP fills in a medical certificate.
This gives a reason for the sick leave, an estimated duration for the time off, and whether you are unfit for work, or might be fit for light duties, shorter hours etc.
We don’t charge the patient for those.
We charge for medicals, and for some letters-the patient pays, but it isn’t a big fee and often they reclaim from their employer.
Has the company contracted with you for consultation? Since they have not (your OP says it is the patient who has requested the consultation), you cannot bill the company - there is no contract between you and the employer.
Now, when the company HR people call to confirm that the sick note is valid (i.e that it is not a forgery), you could try to bill them for the verification service at that point. But I would imagine that you will not get very far, or much repeat business.