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| <xsd:import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric-2009-12-16.xsd"/> |
| <xsd:import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-instance-2003-12-31.xsd"/> |
| <xsd:import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/invest/2013-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/invest/2013/invest-2013-01-31.xsd"/> |
| <xsd:import namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd"/> |
| <import namespace="http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2015-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <xsd:element name="DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" id="ara_DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="ReceivableFromNoncontrollingInterest" id="ara_ReceivableFromNoncontrollingInterest" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NoncontrollingInterestPutProvisionMember" id="ara_NoncontrollingInterestPutProvisionMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NoncontrollingInterestNoPutProvisionMember" id="ara_NoncontrollingInterestNoPutProvisionMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="ScheduleOfEmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesTableTextblock" id="ara_ScheduleOfEmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesTableTextblock" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="TemporaryEquityTextblock" id="ara_TemporaryEquityTextblock" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipParentPercentage" id="ara_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipParentPercentage" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="CashProvidedOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperationsMember" id="ara_CashProvidedOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperationsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="DialysisCenterNewYorkMember" id="ara_DialysisCenterNewYorkMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventoryAndOtherAssets" id="ara_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventoryAndOtherAssets" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="FairValueAssetsBetweenLevel1Level2Level3TransfersAmount" id="ara_FairValueAssetsBetweenLevel1Level2Level3TransfersAmount" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="TermBLoansDueSeptember2019Member" id="ara_TermBLoansDueSeptember2019Member" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="AdvisoryServicesAgreementMember" id="ara_AdvisoryServicesAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="RevolvingNoteAgreementMember" id="ara_RevolvingNoteAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesPercentageOfEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization" id="ara_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesPercentageOfEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesIncentiveFeeExpense" id="ara_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesIncentiveFeeExpense" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="PercentageTaxSavingsPayableToStockholders" id="ara_PercentageTaxSavingsPayableToStockholders" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="VestedOptionStockholdersMember" id="ara_VestedOptionStockholdersMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="UnvestedOptionStockholdersMember" id="ara_UnvestedOptionStockholdersMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="FirstLienCreditAgreementMember" id="ara_FirstLienCreditAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="OmnibusIncentivePlanTwentySixteenMember" id="ara_OmnibusIncentivePlanTwentySixteenMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="SecondLienCreditAgreementMember" id="ara_SecondLienCreditAgreementMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <element id="ara_TransactionCosts" name="TransactionCosts" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <xsd:element name="AccruedOfferingCosts" id="ara_AccruedOfferingCosts" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="RelatedPartyDebtAmountWrittenOff" id="ara_RelatedPartyDebtAmountWrittenOff" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NumberOfDialysisClinicsOwnedAndOperated" id="ara_NumberOfDialysisClinicsOwnedAndOperated" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NumberOfPatients" id="ara_NumberOfPatients" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NumberOfStates" id="ara_NumberOfStates" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="AccountingStandardsUpdate201503Member" id="ara_AccountingStandardsUpdate201503Member" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NonCashDividend" id="ara_NonCashDividend" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="ProceedsFromSalesOfAdditionalNoncontrollingInterests" id="ara_ProceedsFromSalesOfAdditionalNoncontrollingInterests" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassificationFromAccumulatedOciToIncomeEstimatedNetAmountToBeTransferredBalance" id="ara_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassificationFromAccumulatedOciToIncomeEstimatedNetAmountToBeTransferredBalance" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="ExcessTaxBenefitForStockOptionsExercisedNet" id="ara_ExcessTaxBenefitForStockOptionsExercisedNet" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="PatientCareCosts" id="ara_PatientCareCosts" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromContributions" id="ara_NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromContributions" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NewCoDistributionMember" id="ara_NewCoDistributionMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementPayable" id="ara_IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementPayable" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="EquitableAdjustmentCashDividendEquivalentPayment" id="ara_EquitableAdjustmentCashDividendEquivalentPayment" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOciIntoIncomePortionNet" id="ara_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOciIntoIncomePortionNet" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="NotesPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent" id="ara_NotesPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValueClinicLoans" id="ara_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValueClinicLoans" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet" id="ara_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCostsNet" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <xsd:element name="TaxReceivableAgreement" id="ara_TaxReceivableAgreement" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="OtherTermLoansAndLinesOfCreditMember" id="ara_OtherTermLoansAndLinesOfCreditMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="IncomeTaxReceivableAgreement" id="ara_IncomeTaxReceivableAgreement" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementExpense" id="ara_IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementExpense" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementLiabilityTotal" id="ara_IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementLiabilityTotal" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementLiabilityCurrent" id="ara_IncomeTaxReceivableAgreementLiabilityCurrent" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="AmendmentOfArticlesOfIncorporationAbstract" id="ara_AmendmentOfArticlesOfIncorporationAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/> |
| <xsd:element name="FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityInitialValue" id="ara_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityInitialValue" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/> |
| <element id="ara_NumberOfPlaintiffAffiliates" name="NumberOfPlaintiffAffiliates" nillable="true" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_PeriodOfWeightedAverageMaturity" name="PeriodOfWeightedAverageMaturity" nillable="true" type="xbrli:durationItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_NumberOfPatientsMentionedInComplaint" name="NumberOfPatientsMentionedInComplaint" nillable="true" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_NumberOfClinics" name="NumberOfClinics" nillable="true" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_NumberOfInsuranceProducts" name="NumberOfInsuranceProducts" nillable="true" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_UnitedHealthGroupMember" name="UnitedHealthGroupMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_VestingPeriod" name="VestingPeriod" nillable="true" type="xbrli:durationItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_EquitableAdjustmentCashDividendEquivalentPaymentPerShare" name="EquitableAdjustmentCashDividendEquivalentPaymentPerShare" nillable="true" type="num:perShareItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| <element id="ara_DividendsCashPerShare" name="DividendsCashPerShare" nillable="true" type="num:perShareItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> |
| </xsd:schema> |