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American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Wednesday, 3/8/17, at 5:31pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1498068-17-12   ·   File #:  1-37751

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 3/08/17  American Renal Assocs Holdin… Inc 10-K       12/31/16   97:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Amortizable Intangible Assets (Details)                          
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                Identified Non Amortizable Intangible Assets and                 
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<element id="ara_PercentageOfAccountsReceivableOfTotalPatient" name="PercentageOfAccountsReceivableOfTotalPatient" nillable="true" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="ara_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityOptionsExercisedAndDividendEquivalentPaymentVesting" name="FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityOptionsExercisedAndDividendEquivalentPaymentVesting" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="ara_SubleaseAgreementMember" name="SubleaseAgreementMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="ara_NoncontrollingInterestNetTransfers" name="NoncontrollingInterestNetTransfers" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="ara_NetIncomeLossAttributableToParentNetOfTransfersToNoncontrollingInterest" name="NetIncomeLossAttributableToParentNetOfTransfersToNoncontrollingInterest" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="ara_PatientAccountsReceivableGross" name="PatientAccountsReceivableGross" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
</xsd:schema>

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