CVS rolls out tuition assistance, scholarship programs for pharmacists

CVS Health is aiming to bolster the pharmacy workforce with new scholarship and tuition assistance programs for people looking to enter the field.

The company's new Pharm.D. assistance program will be available to all graduates who intern with CVS as of April 30, according to an announcement, and they're eligible to apply for an award of up to $20,000 applicable to their final year of tuition.

CVS said it plans to grow the program in the fall and will make it available to interns in their last two years of pharmacy training, offering up to $20,000 toward each of those years while they intern for the company. The program will also provide participants opportunities throughout the year to "obtain valuable experience before starting their post-graduate professional career in pharmacy," CVS said.