Our regular office hours are:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 7:30 am – 4 pm
• Wednesday, 7:30 am – 12 noon
• Friday, 8 am – 4 pm (limited availability for urgent emergency visits only)

In the event of a life-threatening medical emergency, call emergency medical services at 911 immediately. DO NOT WAIT! Inform the emergency room staff that you are a patient of Dr. Robert Lending, and they will contact us.

If you have an urgent medical need and need to talk to Dr. Lending after our regular hours, please call our office at (520) 795-4291, which is forwarded to an answering service after hours. A doctor is on call 24 hours a day. Your call will be returned promptly. You can reach Dr. Lending by cell phone at (520) 909-6618.

At the medical office of Dr. Robert E. Lending, we accept many major insurance plans, including:

• Aetna (except Aetna Medicare Advantage)
• America's Choice Provider
• Arizona Foundation
• Beech Street
• Blue Cross Blue Shield (except BCBS Medicare Advantage)
• Cigna
• Coventry First Health
• Health Management Associates
• Health Net
• Humana
• Humana Medicare Advantage
• Interplan HealthSmart
• Medicare
• Medicare Railroad
• Multiplan
• Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
• Three Rivers
• Tricare Prime
• United (limited plans)

Please contact your insurance company, or you may call our office at (520) 795-4291 to find out if we accept your plan.

If your insurance plan requires you to pay a co-payment, co-insurance, and/or a deductible, you will need to pay at the time of your visit. For your convenience, we accept cash, checks, Visa, and MasterCard.

If you have a question related to your bill or insurance, please contact our billing specialists at (520) 795-4291.

If Dr. Lending suggests a specialist evaluation or diagnostic testing that requires a referral, we will make every effort to provide this for you as soon as possible.

Some referrals require insurance preauthorization and cannot be processed immediately. Insurance guidelines prohibit us from backdating referrals. We require three business days for the processing of routine referrals.

Dr. Lending is affiliated with Tucson Medical Center. He is also a member of Abacus Health, an accountable care organization for Arizona Community Physicians.

Prescriptions and refills for established patients of Dr. Lending are routinely issued during our regular office hours (see above). You can make your request by calling our office at (520) 795-4291. In emergencies, non-narcotic refills can be issued, but please have your pharmacy phone number available.

It is helpful to anticipate your refill needs to avoid an interruption in your medication therapy.