(NEXSTAR) — While a system outage that impacted numerous CVS pharmacies has been resolved, according to a company spokesperson, it may still take you longer than expected to pick up your prescription Tuesday.
Around midday, CVS confirmed on X that it was “experiencing a known system outage.”
In a statement to Nexstar, a spokesperson said CVS is “working to resolve a network connection issue that’s impacting some of our pharmacies.” The spokesperson confirmed the outage is not related to Monday’s AWS outage.
At around 3:30 p.m. ET, a spokesperson confirmed the issue had been resolved.
“Some patients may experience minor delays as stores come back online,” the statement continued.
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Late last month, CVS similarly confirmed it was “experiencing a known system outage” at “certain locations,” according to replies the company made on X.
The latest outage comes just days after CVS finished buying the customer prescription files from hundreds of Rite Aid stores that closed after the drugstore chain filed for its second bankruptcy filing earlier this year.
CVS said last week that it is now running 63 former Rite Aid and Bartell Drug stores across Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Customer files from 626 now-shuttered Rite Aid pharmacies in 15 states have also been transferred to nearby CVS locations.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based CVS Health Corp. runs several thousand drugstores. It also operates a large pharmacy benefits management business, and its Aetna health insurance segment covers nearly 27 million people.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
