American Rheumatology Network

What American Rheumatology Network does

American Rheumatology Network (ARN) is a physician-led group purchasing organization (GPO) and practice support platform dedicated to independent, community-based rheumatology practices across the United States. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, ARN serves a network of 650+ providers across 35 states, aggregating purchasing power and operational services that individual practices could not access independently. Its core service stack includes Revenue Cycle Management (charge entry, cash application, accounts receivable, copay assistance, benefit verification/prior authorization), delivered in partnership with Sunrise RCM, and available both to GPO members and non-members.

ARN's platform architecture is an aggregator model: it bundles best-in-class partner technologies — PX Connect by CareMetx (prior authorization and specialty medication workflows), SamaCare (prior authorization automation), Augmedix (ambient medical documentation via ASR/NLP/LLM), Galvanic Health (practice performance analytics), Calvient (AI workflow automation), Rheumera (FDA-designated remote therapeutic monitoring), and TheraTest (diagnostics) — into a single member experience, layered on top of its proprietary clinical research and registry assets. The ARN-Trio Patient Registry, built with Trio Health, combines EMR data, pharmacy dispensing data, and patient-reported outcomes across 369,000+ patients and serves as the foundation for ARN Clinical Research, a revenue-generating clinical trial services business sold to pharmaceutical manufacturers.

ARN makes money through four primary streams: (1) GPO administrative fees and rebates from differentiated pharmaceutical contracts negotiated with manufacturers such as AbbVie, Organon, GSK, J&J, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, and UCB; (2) subscription-based RCM services offered a la carte to practices; (3) practice performance technology fees; and (4) clinical research services revenue from pharma sponsors and research collaborations. Network membership itself is free, with monetization occurring through these adjacent service layers and pharma partnerships.

Name

American Rheumatology Network

Legal name

American Rheumatology Network, LLC

Website

https://americanrheum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

American Rheumatology Network is a physician-led group purchasing organization and practice support platform serving 650+ independent rheumatology providers across 35 states, offering GPO contracts, revenue cycle management, prior authorization, clinical research, and bundled technology services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rheumatology Practice Support Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Provider ERP (Hospital Operations, Supply Chain, Finance) (HDAEAEAH)

Keywords

• Rheumatology group purchasing
• Revenue cycle management
• Prior authorization services
• Clinical research services
• Practice performance analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Summerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Revenue: ARN generates revenue through negotiated volume discounts and differentiated pharmaceutical contracts with manufacturers. Member practices benefit from lower drug purchasing costs and exclusive contract terms, while ARN earns GPO administrative fees and rebates from manufacturer partners.
2. Revenue Cycle Management Services: ARN offers end-to-end RCM services including charge entry, cash application, accounts receivable, copay assistance, and benefit verification/prior authorization. Services are available as an a la carte menu and are also offered to non-GPO members for additional revenue.
3. Practice Performance Technology Fees: Revenue derived from practice performance technology partnerships including provider dashboards, analytics platforms, prior authorization tools, and ambient documentation solutions offered to member practices for a fee.
4. Clinical Research Services: ARN Clinical Research generates revenue by providing clinical trial services to pharmaceutical manufacturers including patient recruitment, data management, analytics, and commercial analytics to support targeted engagement tactics. Revenue also comes from sponsorship arrangements with manufacturers who fund registry activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

American Rheumatology Network (ARN) operates as a group purchasing organization (GPO) and practice support organization serving independent, community-based rheumatology practices across the United States. It negotiates volume-based pharmaceutical and supply contracts with manufacturers, delivers back-office services (revenue cycle management, prior authorization, benefit verification, copay assistance), and provides members access to a curated technology ecosystem covering analytics, AI-powered documentation, remote therapeutic monitoring, and clinical research infrastructure.

Product overview

American Rheumatology Network (ARN) operates as a group purchasing and practice support organization for independent rheumatology practices. The core offering consists of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services and Prior Authorization/Benefit Verification support, delivered in partnership with Sunrise RCM. ARN's platform integrates multiple partner solutions: PX Connect by CareMetx (EMR-integrated prior authorization and medication workflows), Galvanic Health's Physician Practice Insights (clinical/operational dashboards and consulting), Augmedix Ambient Automation Platform (AI-powered medical documentation via speech recognition and NLP), SamaCare (prior authorization workflow automation), Calvient (AI-powered operations automation), Rheumera (FDA-designated remote therapeutic monitoring), and TheraTest (diagnostic solutions). Supporting these are proprietary data products including ARN Clinical Research (Trio Health-powered clinical trial platform), the ARN-Trio Patient Voice Database (patient-reported outcomes registry), and Provider Dashboards for practice performance analytics. The architecture is platform-plus-partners, where ARN serves as the aggregator connecting member practices to best-in-class solutions, with consulting services enhancing adoption and value extraction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARN Clinical Research: A technology-driven clinical research solution developed in partnership with Trio Health to transform drug development for rheumatology research, enabling manufacturers to rapidly achieve their goals through real-time integrated platform capabilities.

Products and services

• Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Membership Free membership offering that negotiates volume discounts and differentiated pharmaceutical contracts with manufacturers on behalf of independent rheumatology practices, with platinum, diamond, and gold partnership tiers across AbbVie, GSK, J&J, Pfizer, Novartis and others.
• Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Services End-to-end RCM solution for rheumatology practices including charge entry, cash application, accounts receivable, copay assistance, and benefit verification/prior authorization, available as a la carte offerings and to non-GPO members, delivered in partnership with Sunrise RCM.
• Prior Authorization and Benefit Verification Standalone 24/6 support service providing upfront quality assurance for infusion/injection claims, real-time prior authorization status tracking with intelligent flagging, and 24-point schedule audits conducted three times before date of service.
• Consulting Services Strategic consulting services to help practices improve efficiency, financial performance, and long-term sustainability, including guidance on interpreting analytics data, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing operational changes.
• ARN Clinical Research Technology-driven clinical research solution developed in partnership with Trio Health that enables manufacturers to achieve clinical trial goals through real-time data access, patient recruitment, clinical feasibility, source document verification, and regulatory-grade analytics across 369,000+ patients.
• ARN-Trio Patient Voice Database First-ever patient voice database in rheumatology capturing qualitative patient-reported symptoms, life events, and treatment discontinuation reasons, growing daily by 1,200+ discontinued therapy orders with qualitative office notes and structured switch/reason codes.
• AXCESS1 Prescription Access Hub Prescription access hub developed in partnership with Framework Management Information providing real-time prescription tracking, prior authorization status, patient assistance program coordination, and medication dispensing management through a centralized dashboard.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in staff time spent on prior authorization submission and tracking within 2 months of SamaCare adoption
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Galvanic HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 January 2026Strategic partnership announced January 12, 2026. ARN member practices gain access to Galvanic Health's Physician Practice Insights platform providing dashboards for monitoring clinical and operational metrics including patient volumes, revenue trends, and coding performance. The collaboration aims to enhance data analytics capabilities and provide consulting services to improve practice efficiency, financial performance, and long-term sustainability. Galvanic Health's analytics are combined with existing ARN analytics for a best-in-class solution.
• SamaCarecoreTechnology or Integration · 25 January 2023Partnership announced January 25, 2023 to scale SamaCare's free prior authorization platform among ARN's network of 460+ community-based providers. SamaCare's cloud-based workflow automation platform helps streamline administrative processes for prior authorizations across all payers and plans for buy-and-bill medications. Nearly 8,000 providers, clinics, and hospital systems rely on SamaCare. Articularis Health Group saw 50% reduction in staff time spent on prior authorizations and 56% reduction in payer turnaround time within two months.
• AugmedixcoreTechnology or Integration · 13 December 2021Partnership announced December 13, 2021 to scale Augmedix's Ambient Automation Platform to community rheumatology practices across the nation. The AAP converts natural physician-patient conversations into comprehensive medical notes using automatic speech recognition and natural language processing, overseen by trained medical documentation specialists. Augmedix saves physicians up to 3 hours per day and improves productivity by up to 20%.
• Arthritis FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2021Collaboration announced April 29, 2021 between the Arthritis Foundation, Trio Health, and ARN to respond collectively to the patient voice as reported in both the Arthritis Foundation's Live Yes! INSIGHTS study and Trio-ARN's clinical insights from 370,000+ rheumatology patients. The partnership aims to identify and develop tools to improve physician-patient interactions and enhance clinical outcomes.
• Trio HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2021Partnership launched April 13, 2021 to form ARN Clinical Research, transforming drug development for rheumatology research. Trio's MDX platform tracks patients throughout treatment, providing biopharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmacies, and physicians real-time access to data. The joint initiative includes a scientific steering committee, data scientists, and clinical operations team. ARN-Trio registry covers 369,000+ patients combining EMR and pharmacy dispensing data.
• American Medical Association (AMA)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 August 2020ARN provides all ARN physicians with a group membership in the AMA at no cost, offering access to CME courses, JAMA Network, STEPS Forward training, member interest groups, and exclusive discounts. ARN leadership works with AMA to identify transformation opportunities and elevate innovative work.
• CareMetx (PX Connect)coreTechnology or IntegrationPX Connect by CareMetx is a digital solution simplifying specialty medication workflows for rheumatology practices, reducing administrative burden and improving patient outcomes. The platform integrates with existing EMR and practice management systems, eliminating manual data entry and providing real-time prior authorization status visibility from a centralized portal.
• Sunrise RCMcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSunrise RCM serves as ARN's trusted RCM partner with over 100 years combined experience on their management team. They have helped sophisticated rheumatology practices drastically increase their bottom line through monthly reporting that detects revenue cycle leakage and improves coding compliance and clinic workflow.
• eSOURCESminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnereSOURCES provides concierge HR services to ARN practices, offering personalized human resource solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, with strong understanding of regulatory demands and staffing challenges unique to the medical field.
• AbbVieflagshipOthersAbbVie is a Platinum industry partner delivering life-saving medications to ARN practices. AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines solving serious health issues today and addressing medical challenges of tomorrow.
• Organon (Biosimilars)flagshipOthersOrganon Biosimilars team is a Platinum industry partner focused on providing a customer experience prioritizing practice goals throughout the biosimilar experience, working toward helping more people access biologic therapies.
• GSKcoreOthersGSK is a Diamond industry partner and science-led global healthcare company dedicated to discovering, developing, and manufacturing innovative pharmaceutical, biological, vaccine, and consumer healthcare products.
• Johnson & JohnsoncoreOthersJohnson & Johnson is a Diamond industry partner building a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, with smarter and less invasive treatments and personalized solutions.
• AstraZenecacoreOthersAstraZeneca is a Gold industry partner dedicated to transforming the future of healthcare by unlocking the power of science for people, society, and the planet.
• Boehringer IngelheimcoreOthersBoehringer Ingelheim is a Gold industry partner and research-driven group of companies dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative healthcare products.
• Bristol Myers SquibbcoreOthersBristol Myers Squibb is a Gold industry partner focused on discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines for patients with serious diseases in oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular, fibrosis, and neuroscience.
• NovartiscoreOthersNovartis is a Gold industry partner working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives so that patients, healthcare professionals, and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease.
• PfizercoreOthersPfizer is a Gold industry partner applying science and global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives.
• SanoficoreOthersSanofi is a Gold industry partner and innovative global healthcare company driven by the purpose of chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives.
• UCBcoreOthersUCB is a Gold industry partner and global biopharmaceutical company committed to innovation to improve the lives of people with neurological and immunological diseases.
• Articularis Health Group (AHG)flagshipOthersAHG is the largest rheumatology specialty group in the nation with practice sites in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. 55 providers (41 rheumatologists and 14 APCs) with clinical and financial integration. Serves as a key anchor practice network within the ARN ecosystem.

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Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

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