EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
  We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of National Medical Enterprises, Inc. of our
report dated October 20, 1994, relating to the financial statements of American
Medical Holdings, Inc. and American Medical International, Inc., which appear
in such Prospectus. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Experts" and "Selected Historical Financial Information of AMH and AMI" in
such Prospectus. However, it should be noted that Price Waterhouse LLP has not
prepared or certified such "Selected Historical Financial Information of AMH
and AMI."
 
Price Waterhouse LLP
Dallas, Texas 
December  , 1994