SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON D.C.  20549
                          SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
                 PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A)
                   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     Filed by the Registrant         ( )
     Filed by a Party other than the Registrant   (X)
          Check the appropriate box:
     ( )  Preliminary Proxy Statement
     ( )  Definitive Proxy Statement
     (X)  Definitive Additional Materials
     ( )  Soliciting Materials Pursuant to SECTION 240.14a-11(c) or
          SECTION 240.14a-12

                         THE HILLHAVEN CORPORATION
              (Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

                     NATIONAL MEDICAL ENTERPRISES, INC.
                            NME PROPERTIES CORP.
                       NME PROPERTY HOLDING CO., INC.
                            NME PROPERTIES, INC.
                 (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)

          Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
     (X)  $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or
          14a-6(i)(2).
     ( )  $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange
          Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3).
     ( )  Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-
          6(i)(4) and 0-11.

          (1)  Title of each class of securities to which transaction
               applies:

          (2)  Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
               applies:

          (3)  Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
               computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:(1)

          (4)  Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

                         
     1    Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated
          and state how it was determined.


     (X)  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by
          Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for
          which the offsetting fee was paid previously.  Identify the
          previous filing by registration statement number, or the
          Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

          (1)  Amount Previously Paid:  $125

          (2)  Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:  Schedule 14A
               Preliminary Proxy Statement

          (3)  Filing Parties:  National Medical Enterprises, Inc., NME 
               Properties Corp., NME Property Holding Co., Inc. and NME 
               Properties, Inc.

          (4)  Date Filed:  March 8, 1995


                   [MacKenzie Partners, Inc. Letterhead]

                                   April 7, 1995

     Dear Professional Investor:

     Enclosed for your information are definitive proxy materials
     furnished by National Medical Enterprises Inc. (doing business as
     Tenet Healthcare Corporation) in connection with the 1995 Annual
     Meeting of The Hillhaven Corporation.

     National Medical is soliciting proxies in support of a proposal
     urging the Hillhaven Board of Directors to take action to
     maximize the value of all shareholders' investment in Hillhaven
     through the immediate sale or merger of Hillhaven.

     If you have a position in Hillhaven, please call Stanley J. Kay
     or Daniel H. Burch at MacKenzie Partners, Inc., which is
     assisting National Medical Enterprises/Tenet Healthcare in this
     matter.  You may call MacKenzie toll-free at (800) 322-2885, Mr.
     Kay directly at (212) 929-5940 or Mr. Burch directly at (212) 929-5748.

     If you wish to vote the enclosed BLUE proxy sheet, please include
     the number of shares you own, the name of the bank or brokerage
     firm which has custody of your shares, and return it to MacKenzie
     Partners in the enclosed envelope.

     If you own Hillhaven shares as of April 6, 1995, you should
     receive another set of these proxy materials from your custodian
     bank or broker, which will include a card or voting instruction
     form which can be used to vote upon National Medical's proposal.

     If you do not receive these materials from your custodian by
     April 17, please contact MacKenzie Partners, Inc. at (800) 322-
     2885, so that we can have your custodian forward them to you
     promptly.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   Stanley J. Kay, Jr.
                                   Senior Vice President