So the Remorhaz has a Su ability called Heat, that says the creature "generates heat so intense that anything touching its body takes 8d6 points of fire damage. Creatures striking a remorhaz with natural attacks or unarmed strikes are subject to this damage, but creatures striking with melee weapons are not. The heat can melt or burn weapons; any weapon that strikes a remorhaz is allowed a DC 19 Fortitude save to avoid taking damage. The save DC is Constitution-based."
So it talks about how this affects creatures attacking it, and it even goes on to show that creatures that succumb to its Swallow Whole ability would take this damage. But that is the extent of the info. I will note that the Bite Attack does not list the extra Heat damage.
So my questions are as so:
1) Would a creature that is successfully grappled by the Remorhaz (via grab) take the Heat (Su) damage?
2) Would a creature that is Bull Rushed by the Remorhaz take the Heat (Su) damage? (it has Improved Bull Rush as one if its feats)
3) Would a creature hit by its Awesome Blow ability take the Heat (Su) damage?
I would assume they take the heat damage, as the PC has still come in contact with the remorhaz. That's how I'd run it, unless I found out differently.
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"Anything touching its body" seems pretty clear - it's not likely to grapple, bullrush, or perform an awesome blow without the enemy "touching its body".
There is, of course, room for GMs to interpret this differently, so expect table variance. But it's usually a solo encounter (though I suppose higher level groups might encounter multiple remorhazi) so it's going to die very fast due to the sucky action economy of solo encounters. Therefore, I suggest that GMs should make rulings in its favor - use their heat damage on everything imaginable that they do that involves any body contact.