The state treasurer, in making benefit payments for medical assistance on behalf of eligible needy persons as authorized in section 208.151, may, at the request of the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payments, disregard the provisions in section 30.180 and section 208.160 requiring the treasurer to convert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft, and may wire transfer the amount directly to the hospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorized to receive such payment.