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American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 3/6/18, at 4:29pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1498068-18-12   ·   File #:  1-37751

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 3/06/18  American Renal Assocs Holdin… Inc 10-K       12/31/17  109:11M

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

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16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
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18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
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29: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    102K 
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                Subsidiaries                                                     
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37: R23         Leases                                              HTML     53K 
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66: R52         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)       HTML     75K 
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70: R56         Cash (Details)                                      HTML     37K 
71: R57         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     34K 
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                Subsidiaries (Details)                                           
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                Taxes (Details)                                                  
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                Assumptions and Activity (Details)                               
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<xsd:element id="ara_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityFairValueAcceleratedPortionFairValueAdjustment" name="RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityFairValueAcceleratedPortionFairValueAdjustment" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesIncentiveFeeExpense" name="RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesIncentiveFeeExpense" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:percentItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesPercentageOfEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization" name="RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesPercentageOfEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:percentItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_RelatedPartyTransactionLoanGuarantee" name="RelatedPartyTransactionLoanGuarantee" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_ScheduleOfEmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesTableTextblock" name="ScheduleOfEmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesTableTextblock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_ScheduleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLifeTableTextBlock" name="ScheduleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLifeTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_ScheduleofInitialPublicOfferingLineItems" name="ScheduleofInitialPublicOfferingLineItems" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_ScheduleofInitialPublicOfferingTable" name="ScheduleofInitialPublicOfferingTable" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_SecondLienCreditAgreementMember" name="SecondLienCreditAgreementMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValueAbstract" name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValueAbstract" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTermAbstract" name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTermAbstract" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_SoftwareServicesAgreementMember" name="SoftwareServicesAgreementMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_SubleaseAgreementMember" name="SubleaseAgreementMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TaxCutsAndJobsActOf2017IncompleteAccountingProvisionalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit" name="TaxCutsAndJobsActOf2017IncompleteAccountingProvisionalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TaxReceivableAgreement" name="TaxReceivableAgreement" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TemporaryEquityAccretiontoRedemptionValueContractual" name="TemporaryEquityAccretiontoRedemptionValueContractual" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TemporaryEquityTextblock" name="TemporaryEquityTextblock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_TermBLoansDueSeptember2019Member" name="TermBLoansDueSeptember2019Member" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_TermLoanHoldingsLLCMember" name="TermLoanHoldingsLLCMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TotalDeferredFinancingCostsAndIntangibleAssets" name="TotalDeferredFinancingCostsAndIntangibleAssets" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/>
<xsd:element id="ara_TransactionCosts" name="TransactionCosts" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_UnvestedOptionStockholdersMember" name="UnvestedOptionStockholdersMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element abstract="true" id="ara_VestedOptionStockholdersMember" name="VestedOptionStockholdersMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
</xsd:schema>

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