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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

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<B>January 20, 2012 (January 20, 2012)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust,
Inc.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 39%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">333-169075</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">27-3306391</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.8pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>405 Park Avenue</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.8pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10022</B></P></TD></TR>
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        Executive Offices)</P>
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        area code: (212) 415-6500</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(d)&#9;Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 83%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.8pt">99.1</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; line-height: 115%">AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">Date:&nbsp;January 20, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">/s/&nbsp;Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.8pt 0 0">Chairman of the Board of Directors</P></TD></TR>
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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):
January 20, 2012 (January 20, 2012)
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust,
Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
333-169075
27-3306391
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address, including zip code, of Principal
        Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including
        area code: (212) 415-6500
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)
£
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 9.01.    	Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated January 20, 2012
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.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.
Date: January 20, 2012
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors