UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2013

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland	001-35568	20-4738467
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
16435 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 320 Scottsdale, Arizona		85254
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(480) 998-3478

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a letter to the stockholders of Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is deemed “furnished” and not filed under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Stockholder letter dated March 11, 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC.
Date: March 11, 2013	By:	/s/ Scott D. Peters
		Name: Scott D. Peters
		Title: Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman