(1) This article shall not apply to:

(a) An exclusive contract with a single medical group in a specific geographic area to provide or arrange for health care services; however, this article shall apply to contracts for health care services between the medical group and other medical groups;

(b) A contract or agreement for the employment of a health care provider or a contract or agreement between health care providers;

(c) A contract or arrangement entered into by a hospital or health care facility that is licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-3-101;

(d) A contract between a health care provider and the state or federal government or their agencies for health care services provided through a program for workers' compensation, medicaid, medicare, the children's basic health plan provided for in article 8 of title 25.5, C.R.S., or the Colorado indigent care program created in part 1 of article 3 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(e) Contracts for pharmacy benefit management, such as with a pharmacy benefit management firm as defined in section 10-16-102, C.R.S.; except that this exclusion shall not apply to a contract for health care services between a person or entity and a pharmacy, pharmacist, or professional corporation or corporate entity consisting of pharmacies or pharmacists as permitted by the laws of this state; or

(f) A contract or arrangement entered into by a hospital or health care facility that is licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-3-101, or any outpatient service provider that has entered into a joint venture with the hospital or is owned by the hospital or health care facility.