— The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee plans to review Medicare’s physician reimbursement policy at a hearing Thursday with witnesses from CMS, the Government Accountability Office and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. TODAY ON OUR PULSE CHECK PODCAST, host Daniel Payne talks with POLITICO health care reporter Erin Schumaker about what to expect this week as the Senate HELP Committee considers the next NIH director — and what’s behind the monthslong delay of the confirmation hearing. CMS SCRAPS ALZHEIMER SCAN LIMIT — CMS removed a policy that limited the number of PET scans Medicare would cover for a person with Alzheimer’s disease, Robert reports.